poorly baby

[leewayne]

My daughter is 5 months old and so miserable at the moment,high temperature on/off constantly upset,sleeping at night is none existence apart from the odd few hours.Really irritable too.Shes got an appointment today but any suggestions on whats wrong or anyone in similar??

[fine,thanks]

a question for the experts, good luck

[redcrx]

how long has this been going on? has she got any rashes? are you able to control the temp with calpol or anything?

without seeing your GP no-one can say but could it be that shes teething? In my son it caused irritability at night, hot flushes, red cheeks, slight rash and occasionally a sore bum too.

[leewayne]

No she hasnt got any rashes,cant sleep cos im so worried,id say for about 4 days now. medised seems to do the trick but only for a couple of hours,i would say teething but dont want to pinpoint it on that if its something else.Shes a different baby

[redcrx]

aww poor thing. If temp is constant then Im glad you have appointment today

[gina32]

sounds as though she is teething, it can cause all sorts of problems, a lot of what you mention, good luck with the doc but i dont think you need to worry

[leewayne]

Just hope it is teething and nothing else.Hopefully my doctor will check her properly

[gina32]

how did it go?

[happyjo]

Sounds like a virus?? My daughter has the same symptoms, nothing to put your finger on, just really off.

Either that or you may wake up one moring soon and she is covered in chicken pox. Kids feel off for a week or so before the spots erupt!!

Hope she is ok x

[boobesque]

Emmy was like this on tuesday and we ended up in hospital, turned out she has got tonsillitis! Hope you got some answers

[leewayne]

They said shes fine maybe a virus or teething,doctor didnt seem to have a clue,shes getting better,still a grumpy madam tho!!! Tried everything to calm and soothe her,dont know what else to do??!!

[FUZZYBEE]

My 3 year old is a bit of a madam anyway but these past two weeks she has just been a misery !! eating and drinking ok but a bit lethargic and moany. She became hot last week and I couldn't control it, went to doc's and they said virus. My eldest girl is six and a few kids been off with it too, one mum mentioned slapped cheek syndrome and I had no clue what it was but lo and behold this morning the little moany minnie has woke up with a face like a beetroot BUT happy again ! Looked it up and apparently for eleven days they feel ill but as soon as the red face appears it's all over and well again, face will go down in few days.
Hope this helps. (oh by the way I was told it's infectious so your bubba may have been in contact but you're not aware of it)
fuzzy

[leewayne]

my daughter is better now,thanks everyone and fuzzybee i think your right,she does look like a beetroot now but she is happy!! thank god shes better,ive got no hair left,she was that bad!!!