Hi all
FTM here and after managing to avoid the bloody thing for 2.5 years, on Fri both me and DH tested positive. We have an 8 week old baby girl and she has been poorly also and I’ve been worried sick about her.
Her symptoms started with congested nose and throat (she makes this snorting sound and sounds quite phlegm-y). I’ve been spraying her nose with saline solution as advised by GP but on day 3 today and I see no improvement. I don’t know what to do to help her throat as it seems it’s bothering her and every time I put her down she coughs a little or gags a little. I’ve raised the head side of her cot (again on advice of GP) but not sure it’s making a difference.
On Friday, she slept really really poorly, I think 10-11 h in total, she was crying a lot and feeding a lot. Then yesterday, she slept quite a bit (15-16 h) but ate less (still plenty of wet and dirty nappies throughout the day though). Then today, she is quite sleepy and lethargic, not eating much at all, nappies are still ok so far, but she also seems to poo as soon as she’s had anything to eat (I think diarrhea? Not sure what to look for! Looks as usual but more liquidy and also had two dirty nappies (like proper poonamies) in the span of 1 h. She also vomed a little - as soon as she had a slightly bigger feed. Today she is not interested in food, I keep offering but she stays on the boob 2-3 min and dozes off. If I make her a bottle, she would only have 10-30 ml, whereas usually she has 80-100 ml.
I am so worried about her, I just want her to feel ok, breath easily, sleep and eat. I called 111 for advice and currently waiting on a call-back from GP.
If anyone has been through this with such a small baby, or your baby has had similar symptoms, please reassure me that she will be fine! 🙏🏼🥹😭