Urgent advice needed- 4 week old seems to be ill.

[Bekki]

For the last two days my once perfectly quiet newborn has become a nightmare. He won't settle, he seems constantly hungry but when he starts drinking (hes fully breastfed) he pulls a face and pulls away screaming. For the last two days he has had tiny red spots over his face and chest which come and go. Last night he was very hot even though he was just wearing a nappy. I have just felt his fonatelle (sp?) and has dipped quite low so I assume that he is dehydrated. Can I offer him water? Could he be ill or is it something that is disagreeing with him in my milk? I intend to get him checked by my gp in the morning but any advice now would be alot of help, thanks.

bekki, my ds had an immature eye duct which was really bad. Every time he got a cold he'd wake up with his eye's stuck shut from the goo for days. I complained and complained to my gp and eventually got to see a junior specialist, but the whole thing took so long that it did finally clear up on its own around 18 months way before we got to see the proper specialist.

my dd2 had a sticky eye for the 1st 3months. all i was told was to gently 'massage' the area daily to keep things moving.