Should I take Oliver to hospital?

[heatherxo]

Oliver is 6 weeks old tomorrow.
Since Wednesday he has been very unsettled, always crying, seems to be in pain when pooing, hasn't been drinking as much milk (ebm & formula) and when he does drink he vomits it all back up.
Today he seems very "lifeless".. Eyes rolling, not responding to sounds, etc..
Should I take him to a&e?

:-(

Sorry guys, we've been in hospital and I've not had signal on my phone for Internet.
After a few days of waiting for tests results of meningitis to come back, we were told Oliver is fine, he only had a viral infection (thank god!)
He is feeling much better now and is back home.
Thank you everyone :)

So glad to hear the good news! Thank you for the update.

Glad to hear he's ok

Suspected meningitis? Wow. Weren't you lucky you eventually took him to hospital?

Oh don't be unkind floggingmolly - the OP clearly took him to hospital. When a baby is tiny and you're only used to looking after yourself (and only seeking medical attention rarely) then you don't realise that you won't be a bother turning up at A&E with an ill baby, it's a hard mentality to break but clearly this shock will have taught the OP a valuable lesson.

Good to hear back from you OP.

Agreed bittapitta. There's no need to be so harsh on the OP. It's worrying that NHS Direct (or whatever they're called now) did not consider it a more urgent case, given that people generally trust their advice. I called them all the time when I was an inexperienced first time mother and was always reassured by their advice.

111's lack of urgency here reminds me of a horrible thread from a few years ago, where a poster was advised to take her poorly baby to A&E after her GP's surgery had brushed her off with a promise to call her back, despite her telling them that she could not wake her child! From what I recall, the baby was very seriously ill and the poster deciding to go to A&E and not wait for the callback saved his life.

Phew. Glad he's ok. It's so scary when tiny ones are ill. Thanks for updating.

My rule with little ones is if you have to ask whether you need to then take them in.

Well sorry floggingmolly but seeing as I'm a first time 19yo mum I'd rather ask for advice than try go it alone!

You asked for advice but didn't take It!

Hi heather. Baffled sums it up perfectly. I'm so relieved Oliver is alright. This experience will really help u next time. chin up
. Rejoice that little boy is fine. And you've learnt lots from the experience (where to go etc). We've all been to a and e countless times on a hunch something isn't right and it's ALwYS the right thing to do. Staff never scold when there's a baby involved.

Perhaps next time use "listless" rather than "lifeless" as a description...

Never heard of anyone saying a child is "listless".
you asked for advice but didn't take it ..I took Oliver to hospital, so pretty sure I did take the advice given!
This post was concerning a sick child and yet everyone just wants to argue and yet I'm the "bad mum" for not taking him straight to a&e. Grow up.

Thanks baffled

Yeah, you did take the advice given. Eventually.

Glad he's okay though . Yy to follow your instincts, A&E would think rather safe than sorry with such a young baby.

Oh good God, enough with kicking the OP! She didn't "ignore" the advice, but was obviously a bit hesitant, having been given conflicting advice by a supposedly trustworthy, NHS-run service.

I'm sure she's learned her lesson to trust her instincts now. Criticizing her vocabulary (especially given that she posted when she was under a lot of stress) is just nasty.

Glad he's okay.