Is any one else's LO been unusually cranky and clingy? I can't figure out if it's the next leap or teething... or something else... J has been waking up screaming from naps, gets fussy if I'm not holding her all the time (except then when I do hold her she needs to go somewhere else right away), has started having problems staying asleep/falling asleep at night again. She's picking at her food, even the things she has previously liked have been ignored recently. Sorry to complain, it's just been a very very long day. And it's frustrating because this all seemed to happen in the last week or so.
Post by heartofglass on Oct 25, 2016 1:05:11 GMT -5
bookninja mine has for the past month or so. I'm blaming it on leaps and teeth. We've got 3 canines finally poking through and I can feel his gums starting to bulge behind one of his molars. He wakes up crying in the mornings, doesn't want to be held by anyone but me, refuses most food besides pouches, and is just generally more fussy whiny and clingy.
ETA: I've also taken him to the pediatrician twice just to check for any ailments.
bookninja, mine's gotten a lot more clingy lately. He's been getting really upset at day care drop-offs, and this morning my MIL was at our house to watch him, and he even started crying when he saw me put on my shoes and coat. And a big yes to the bedtime thing. In just the last couple nights he's been crying when we set him in his crib, which he never used to do. We've kept everything else the same in his bedtime routine, so I think it's just a phase of separation anxiety. Luckily for us, he only cries a few minutes and then winds up going to sleep, but still. I've been chalking it all up to just being a phase, and hoping it passes soon.
This one makes me feel very #new...when do you take your sick kid to the pediatrician? Wcame home yesterday evening with a 101.8 fever which came down with Tylenol but was back to 101.4 this morning. No other symptoms (runny nose has been going on for over a week but not terrible), slept great, is a little clingy/grouchy.
What's your cutoff? Go with your gut? Give it an extra day?
I've always go more by his behavior than the number on the thermometer (unless it were to get scary high, which W's isn't). So a kid with 101.4 but just a little cranky? Probably wait it out another day or so. Temp is only 99 but he's been miserable? I'd probably take him if I suspected strep/ear infection. I've gotten to the point where I almost always give him a day or two to see if he improves with some extra TLC at home if there's no glaring symptom that makes me want to get him checked out.
+1 to what jillywilly said. Often our doctor doesn't want to see them unless the fever has been high or lasted longer than two days or of course if there is something really glaring.
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