when should I worry? (8 week old)

CRAP CRAP CRAP!

Despite my best efforts my 8 week old is sick :(
Right now she just seems really stuffy. I am just getting over a killer cold that got both my husband and myself.

Then my SIL brought over my niece knowing she was sick )that's a LONG vent)

and now I am watching my nephew who is home from school with Bronchitis, I didnt think it was contagious, I was told by his parents he wasnt, but I look it up on the internet, and it is contagious

My LO doesnt have a fever, but just really stuff and sleeping and eating WAY more than usual. Should I bring her to the Dr before the holiday, or wait and see what happens?
I just dont want it to be 6:00 on thanksgiving and ending up in the ER because she got sick.

What do you ladies think? Am I just over reacting, or what?

Re: when should I worry? (8 week old)

i would call your Dr. and ask their opinion. I don't care about being "that mom"... if DD has something that i'm concerned about, i just call them directly. I appreciate all of the help on this site, but there are certain things, imo, that you just need to hear from your Dr.

my DD (14 weeks) has had a bad cold for a week now and has been eating much less than usual, so i think its a good sign that your DD is still eating well, but again, i'd def call you Dr to be on the safe side

Re: when should I worry? (8 week old)

Sorry your LO is not feeling well.

I would take her to see the Dr. only if she gets a fever or seems to be getting worse. Right now she is just stuffy and hopefully that will be the worst of it.

If she starts coughing I would also consider taking her because of the exposure to bronchitis. I think many people are misinformed about catching bronchitis....I used to be.

Re: when should I worry? (8 week old)

i just spoke to my ped about an hour ago about this same thing. DD has been stuffy for a couple of days now, sneezing snot out of her nose (just a couple of times, not alot) and my ped said as long as she is eating and sleeping OK - which she is - then it's OK. if they start to run fever, they can't eat or can't eat then it's a problem. i even asked if i should give her a saline solution and she only if it was interfering with her. since it's not, i'm not doing anything. for the most part she's fine. she's sleeping right now and not making a sound. you mostly hear it when she's waking up and when she's over excited when she's awake. i would still call your ped to get their opinion. DD was exposed last week to her 8 month old cousin who had a cold and to MIL who had a cold that turned into pneumonia which is why i was concerned. DD is 10 weeks old.

Re: when should I worry? (8 week old)

I would call the ped.

Re: when should I worry? (8 week old)

DS is stuffed up too. no fever or runny nose just very stuffy. so i called the dr first thing yesterday before it got any worse and he said to give him Little Ones nose drops and use the aspirator to clean out his nose. Also said to make sure to have the humidifier on when he's sleeping. today he's much better!

Re: when should I worry? (8 week old)

My doc said he'd rather have a paranoid mother then one who isn't afraid of anything....(means more money in his pocket)

As long as DC doesn't have a fever and is drinking, I don't think I'd worry - but I'm an old pro - I've been doing this for 21 months now ...
Go with your comfort zone - for $20 if it gives you peace of mind go to the doc.

Re: when should I worry? (8 week old)

Put in a call to the office, waiting on a call back.


Hehehe I am so not afraid to call. Her first week home I saw her monday for a well baby, then Wed, Thurs Fri, and called on Sat. All because of a broken umbilical stump, and I was sick sick sick, worried that she was going to get it.

Re: when should I worry? (8 week old)

always worry that's my motto
better safe than sorry

AJ got sick as a DOG about 8 weeks and so did I. I remember very clearly having her lean up against my face on an angle with my arms bracing her to get some sleep (this was the wee hours of the morning and I was at my wits end)

8 weeks is so little and its so hard.

Take her in. If nothing else YOU'LL feel better once you do!

its GREAT news that she's so hungry take heart in that.

Re: when should I worry? (8 week old)

I would call the Dr. just to be sure. I have a 7 week old and find that everything happens at night and then i feel like i'm that crazy mom calling the Dr.'s after hours emergency number.

I know that babies this small are stuffy a lot. Try using some saline nose drops to help with the congestion. I was told not to take the boogies out with that bulb thing, to just use the drops.

But call, it will help put you at ease.

As for the people coming over sick, I just don't get people sometimes. No one wants to understand that they are tiny and vulnerable. My parents still can't accept that I wouldn't agree to Thanksgiving dinner with lots of people there.