poor little muffin

[metaphortunate]

Ugh, ugh ugh. Poor Junebug is sick again. His very first fever. Mr. E is rocking him and I am in the only room in the house that gets cell phone reception, hoping that the advice nurse calls us back at some point.

It just came on so fast. 1 pm, he was a cheerful happy baby. 2 pm, he was quietish. 3 pm, he was sleepy. 4 pm, he was crying too hard to nurse.

It's been a nice weekend until now.

ETA: Ear infection. Getting the amoxicillin now. :/ Wasn't breastfeeding meant to help with this sort of thing?

Comments

[loligo]

Aw, poor little guy! We had to take our first kid to the ER several times as a baby when her fever started heading over 104 even with Tylenol. There was never anything seriously wrong with her, though -- she was just prone to high fevers in response to viruses. I hope the nurse will get back to you soon. At the ER they advised us to switch back and forth between Tylenol and ibuprofen every three hours, and that always worked, but I wouldn't jump right to that strategy without medical advice first.

[metaphortunate]

It's an ear infection. He's calmed down so we haven't resorted to the Tylenol yet, though we will if he gets upset again. :(