My poor little boy has a fever

[PavlovtheCat]

i just want sympathy really. Poor little thing. He is normally so chilled and calm and not a cryer at all. Now he is properly baby wailing, not crying, but that 'wwaaah' sound . He has a bunged up eye, and not much else, but calpol only reduced his fever down to 38.8. I had not taken it before i gave him calpol new it was high so gave it, and its at 38.8 with it. He is hot and bothered, is not sleeping.

I hate seeing him like this, it makes my heart break (he is 11wks). I have shed some tears already, and DH told me to pull myself together!

Oh, Pavlov, I'm so sorry that you had to endure such an asshole.
As everyone has said, fever in little babies needs investigating, especially if they don't present any obvious symptoms ie cold etc.
I hope he's better today.
And you were not paranoid, by any stretch of imagination- as you said, you could tell the difference between the way he handled his cough over Christmas and how he was now- listless etc. You had every reason to seek advice and the doctor was a twat and possibly in contravention of the hospital rules.
Let us know how your lo is doing.

oh, good, glad to hear he's better.
Good luck with your court case!

Hey thanks all! He has slept most of the day, he is knackered poor little thing. But now i ahve calmed down after last night, i do not actually care what they think now, i am pleased i went up as i slept better knowing he was ok.

I'm really pleased he's on the mend. They are stressful little things.

I too think the doctor was a knob (probably a bit tired and fed up, but that's no excuse). Your little boy had been poorly without any temporary change in his condition for a long time at the point at which you saw the doctor, and a parent's instincts are usually worth listening to. As he is now up and down in terms of mood, this probably means he is on the mend. But on the information you had at the time it was reasonable to be concerned.

I agree with the other poster that said not to sponge - this is not now official guidance. However one thing that GP friends of mine seem to do with their own children is alternate ibuprofen with paracetemol for temperatures that are hard to control - you get three doses every 24h of ibuprofen and 4 every 24h of paracetemol, which gives you a lot more frequency.

Anyway, the good thing is he's getting better and you're not on MN telling us he has meningitis.

boffin i cannot give him ibruprofen though at 11 weeks can i? I did not think to ask the gp but the box for dd says 6m+. I normally give DD both if she is v poorly (rarely, but had croup, was told to go home and put her in the shower. 24 hours later in hosp puking on me as i ran up the corridor to get her to the ward who were waiting for her, i was terrified! she was fine after a couple of days in hosp).

and I have always thought not to sponge. I remember being told this was not a good idea with DD as a v little one.

You can apparently use Nurofen for children from 3 months or 5kg.

www.nurofenforchildren.co.uk/explore/pain-relief-explained/common-ingredients.php

boffin thanks for that, he is over 5kg by a long shot!