Struggling with 7 month old

[Liam2018]

I just need advice or something, I have a 7 month old little boy and he’s the best thing that’s ever happened but I’m also struggling,I know it’s normal for babies to get poorly for their immune system but he seems to be poorly all the time, in the past 3 weeks he’s had sickness and diarrhoea which caused dehydration, a cold and now an ear infection due to the cold. It’s so hard when he’s poorly and I struggle which I don’t mind but when it’s constant I just feel like he’s never happy and I don’t know how to make him happy! He’s currently on antibiotics and I don’t know if it’s that or the fact he’s started having 3 meals a day but he won’t have his milk and just screams the house down until we stop giving him it, he’s having between 15-20 ounces a day and I’m fearful if this continues he will be dehydrated again.

I feel like I’m failing as a parent 😩

I'm sorry this sounds really tough. Illnesses are my least favourite part of being a parent, it makes everything feel overwhelming. You are doing great honestly, I have no advice but to say it's nothing you are doing wrong. It's all building his immune system which has to happen at some point and you may find he'll be rarely ill when he gets older.

My 7 month old is also barely drinking milk this week and it's driving me crazy. She fights me and gets upset if I try to feed her. She's not even eating that many solids either. So it's probably just a phase, just keep an eye on wet nappies in the meantime.

If it makes you feel better, she's had bronchiolitis, covid and chickenpox in her first 6 months. I felt bad too but then realised it can't be helped.

Hope things improve for you soon.

Oh and it's totally OK to hate the relentlessness when they are poorly. It's horrible especially at that age as they will just be miserable and sleep gets even worse than it already is. Just rubbish all round. Take it one day at a time, it will get better.