Hello - hope someone can advise as my GP surgery is closed and I don't want to ring NHS 111 unnecessarily and waste their time if I'm just being an anxious first time mum.
My DS is almost 12 months and started nursery just over a week ago. Last Friday after his third settling in session he became very sniffly and then ended up with a high temperature which reached 40 on Sunday. He spent Sunday very lethargic too and had no appetite. I know at nursery he'll pick up bugs all the time but I rang111 and they advised that he had a viral infection which would go away in about 3 days.
So...he started to get better and then went back to nursery yesterday and the day before. No temperature and back to his normal playful self but just very snotty. We've now had 2 nights where he's woken and poo'ed in the night (which he never does) and is also coughing a little (not continuous). He's cried and wouldn't settle back to sleep for 4/5 hours! Sometimes he'd stop crying and just play!
Now today he's been cranky most of the day but has been playing a bit. But he definitely has diarrhea. The poo smells foul and is very watery and grainy and sometimes light coloured. He's still awake now after another poo and won't go back to sleep.
Now what I'm wondering is whether this diarrhea could be linked to the viral infection in which case should I ring 111 given that he's now been ill for a week? Or could the diarrhea be just because of teething or because we've started introducing cow's milk as a drink (he's had cow's milk in his cereal since 6 months though).
So sorry this is long. I'm just worried about ignoring the fact that he's been ill so long and hence overlooking anything that could be seriously wrong.