11mo DS has been pulling at one of his ears, running is fist along his jawline and holding his face just in front of his ear since Wednesday - not constantly but enough for me to notice.
Yesterday he had a temp of 38.6 which came down to 37.8 after calpol. Today since 4am his temp has been 38.8/39 and he's doing the same things as before with his ears/face.
He's wincing slightly when I put the thermometer in his ear.
Been off food for the last few days - will only eat yoghurt, mashed up fruit etc.
He has been pretty off for a few days - long periods of crying and constant grizzling in between.
If it makes any difference we've just come back from abroad so he's been on a plane but probably only swam in the swimming pool 2/3 times.
He cut his top molars about 2 weeks ago (the inner edge is still cutting the gum) so fully understand that this could explain a lot... I'm just worried about the temp.
Does it sound like an ear infection? Or maybe more virus-y. Obviously don't want to waste their time at OOH but also don't want to leave him with a possible infection until Monday!