Tummy problems - should I be worried

[Tillysmummy]

My little girl has had diahorrea for 3 days now but not acute. Perhaps 3 or 4 times a day. She has seemed ok in herself till now. My mum is looking after her today because I'm at work. She has taken her to the doctor now and I will go home soon. She isn't too bad, just a bit gripey but not unalert just miserable.

She has had a couple of tummy upsets in short succession. Should I be worried ? My initial thoughts are she's just building up her immunity but I wonder if I should see a specialist, has she got something more serious wrong ?

My dd has tonsilitus. I feel awful that I didn't spot it but she really didn't seem that poorly. God what a bad mother I am. She just seemed to have a bit of a temp and a runny tum. I gave her calpol etc. It's taken 2 days for me to get her to the doctor for him to tell us she's got tonsilitus. How guilty do I feel. But she really didn't seem that bad.

Tillysmummy,

If you had taken her 2 days ago the doctor probably would not have been able to diagnose what was wrong because it would have been too early for the infection to reveal itself.. You did the right thing in waiting a couple of days. Nine times out of ten symptoms have resolved after 2 days. When they haven't, that is the time to go. You certainly are not a bad mum.

Don't feel so bad it wasn't anything serious and if it was you would have seen the signs easier. Sometimes we as adults don't feel well and can't really explain with a little one who can't tell you where it hurts or demonstrate it is such a guessing game plus you could end up running to the doctors most weeks with some little ones. At least her own immune system has had chance to deal with it before the intervention of medicines. Hope she feels better soon.

Thanks for the kind words Mears, and also Hi.

I know that I shouldn't feel guilty really but am just so sleep deprived and teary that I feel bad. I hate not being with her when she's not well too. I will be going home in about an hour to be with her. She's with my mum which is the next best to me so she's in good hands. It just seems I've had so much time off work the last two months because she seems to have been constantly unwell and I feel bad about not doing my job but she is the most important. Yesterday, one of my days off, she wasn't too bad at all.

I know they say that they are building up their immune system but she really seems to have been ill since March with one thing or another

Tillysmummy- don't feel bad. I didn't spot that my ds1 had an ear infection. He seemed fine, no temp or anything. Just a little grizzly, but we put that down to the fact that we had just come back from holiday and he was telling us off for not taking him with us. He stayed with my mum and had had a great time. Took him to the baby clinic just to be sure, and was told he needed to see the doc asap. And dh is a doc, a gas man(anaesthetist), so paeds not his thing, but he didn't spot it either.Spent many a day after that feeling v guilty. One good thing to come of it is that I spotted the last ear infection immediately and got him to the doc in double quick time before things got bad.
Hope your dd feels better soon and the sleep deprivation improves for us both!! ds2 is 7.5weeks and sleepless nights seem to be stretching on and on!

Honeybunny. Hope it gets better for you and the little one. It's a nightmare. I feel like I've got a newborn again as well ! I hate it when she's poorly.

Just out of interest Tillysmummy - what did the doc give her for tonsilitis? Antibiotics? I only ask because I was convinced a couple of months ago that dd had a sore throat, but when i took her to the GP he refused to look. He said it would just upset her if he did, but he would if I insisted he look - he then added he would do nothing even if it WAS a sore throat, as it should run its course. I was a bit stumped what to say, so came away with no diagnosis!
Really don't think you're a bad mum for ONE MOMENT! Tonsilitis is one of those hidden things in babies, and you wouldn't necessarily associate upset tummy with that would you?

Hi Tillysmummy - my ds had a constant run of colds that was just awful. He was coughing and making himself sick and couldn't breathe at night. I felt so guilty that I couldn't make him well. My childminder recommended vitamin drops so I started giving him Abidec drops and he hasn't had a cold since - It could be just coincidence but I really think they seem to have helped his immune system. He is breastfed and eats well but he seemed to need more of a boost. Maybe worth a try? Couldn't do any harm.

Just typed a long message which I deleted by mistake !!

Right, here goes again. Lease, she was given a course of antibiotics. Aloha, thanks for the tip, I'll talk to the HV.

Here goes with the questions ladies.

1. My nanny thinks its because she has all organic food - what do you think ? This seems a little bizarre to me - how can pesticides make her immune system better ?

2. She has gotten into the habit the last couple of nights of waking at 5am and not going back to sleep despite singing, rocking etc. By the way, this is after a very disturbed night (for her poor little thing and us of course). Normally when she's well should she wake before 6am I will not get her up till after 6. She has got used to this and just plays / chats if she does wake before which is unusual. Obviously because she's sick I don't want to leave her to cry when she wakes and she wants to be cuddled / to get up. When she's ill all her routines go out of the window and its not usually a problem to get her back onto them once she's better.

HOwever I am worried about this waking up thing and whether she'll carry on when she's better ? Am i doing the wrong thing getting her up ?