poorly or teething

[curlyclaz13]

Ds is 23 months since Thursday he has had various symptoms each have lasted a short time, started with white spots on his tongue and him saying it was sore and crying every now and then, spots had gone by Saturday but then he was off food and didn't poo all day, Sunday he wasn't himself, just not interested in anything including food but did a small poo, today he wasn't interested in food but was happy in himself then started with diarrhea this afternoon. He has had some dinner and is his usual self again. So lots of different symptoms but not sure they add up to one thing, possibly a virus or second molars?

My dd who is 12.5mo has had white spots on the tip of her tongue on and off for 2 weeks now. I took her to the doctors last week as I noticed they'd come back. My v good gp (who has 4 dcs of her own) advised me they were viral and she said children often get them when they've got a virus. We're also getting first molars through and have had a terrible time with food etc. Nappies are more like teething loose ones but we have had a couple of days without poos and then 3 poos the next day! Putting it down to teeth and teething cold/cough that she always gets. Gp checked her over and said just dose up with calpol/nurofen for pain as molars are nasty and dental pain for children/adults is awful.

We have also had a lot of hand chewing and dribbling in the last few days. Going to keep him off nursery tomorrow and see how it goes.

I'd say teeth but I'm not an experienced mum so take my advice with a pinch of salt! We do get mild temp spikes with teething but guess if your dc has a high temp then that might suggest it could be something else. Anbesol also helps us a lot at night.