Parents unsure which infant health symptoms need a doctor

“I got it first and fed through it, although I could tell my supply was lower from dehydration. On day 3 I was making more milk again but baby girl (4m) started throwing up and has barely eaten in the last 2 days. She’s still striking this morning and I’m getting a little concerned. She isn’t dehydrated but isn’t the hungry little thing she normally is. Does anyone have any experience with this? Should I be pumping to maintain supply? She doesn’t take a bottle so that milk would just go in the fr”

“Hey friends. I got mastitis that progressed to full blown sepsis in about 12 hours, and shortly after I ended up in the hospital for a few days. I had IV abx and am on oral antibiotics 4x a day for the foreseeable future. I went to the hospital at 11pm (woke the baby up and made my husband drive me) because I was running 103f through tylenol and ibuprofen, shivering under our 140f shower water, had extreme body aches and was shaking to the point I thought I was gonna seize. I threw up multiple t”

“I got my OBGYNs approval to take amoxicillin but now my baby has diarrhea and gas. I have to take it for another 5 days and I am worried she’s going to get dehydrated if this continues while I am taking the medication. Has anyone who has experienced this have any advice? In addition to her troubles my supply dropped as I had a dental procedure and the stress of the procedure lowered my supply. Hoping this is temporary. submitted by /u/Embarrassed_You5355 [link] [comments]”

“Hi, I have a 13 month old who is exclusively breastfed since birth. He does pretty well with solids and loves water. He woke up yesterday with a fever and seems to have a cold. Starting last night, he hasn’t wanted to nurse. He is happy to drink his water from his cup but won’t latch. He is asking for milk but then pushing me away when I try to offer. It’s so upsetting and frustrating for us both! Just looking for tips on how I can get him to nurse through this. He seems to be starting to feel b”

“I breastfeed my 11 month old three times a day and then she gets a bottle of pumped milk at night. I got hit with a bad flu today. Her first two feeds went fine but when I went to feed her after her second nap, I didn't get a let down. We tried for a while, and I even put the breast pump on to see if I could trigger something but only a few drops came out. We fortunately had two bottles' worth of milk in the fridge but I'm really hoping I'm able to feed her tomorrow. She won'”

“My 15 month old started daycare and within 2 days caught an ear infection. He was running high temperature (39.3) so we gave him advil and amoxicillin(antibiotics). Day 2 of being on it and he woke up mid sleep, asked for water and chugged like 150 ml, asked for some milk had 80 ml and drank another 20 ml water after that. Is this normal, i mean chugging water like that? He has never had this huge amount of water in one go. submitted by /u/Local_Procedure_8950 [link] [comments]”

“My baby is 4 months old and I got mastitis out of nowhere . I’m not sure if I’m getting better or if I should be concerned Sunday : started to feel unwell in the morning, hurt when baby latched and fed during the day, no redness noted, spiked a fever by the nighttime , with body aches and chills all night Monday: still slight pain to latch, extreme body aches and chills, fever of 102. Called my midwife they recommended alternating Tylenol/ ibuprofen every 4 hours with ice every hour or so . Told”

“Hi I have developed very bad pain in my right breast but on the upper side more toward armpit on Wednesday. I was on call with PHN she told me to go to GP. Male GP told me to start antibiotics and take paracetamol and feed from the side. I don’t have been to any support group for breastfeeding as I am 16 week pp and dealing with a lot new to Breastfeeding. After cow milk protein allergy now exclusively feeding my daughter for last 3 week before she had very very little formula. And my symptoms s”

“Being ill while breast feeding absolutely sucks. I am unfortunate enough to have gotten food poisoning over the last few days. I've been suffering with vomiting, body aches, chills, diarrhea, little to no sleep, and constant nausea. Due to this i have not been pumping at my regular scheduled times. I am so annoyed at not being able to tell if my shirt is wet because A) I'm profusely sweating, B) I've vomited all over myself, C) I am leaking, or D) All of the above. I already feel lik”

“Writing this from my hospital bed! Was fine one moment and in two hours I had a full blown intense infection in my left breast after 12 months of successful breastfeeding with no issues. I developed eczema on my nipples and the drs think that the broken skin let bacteria in which led to my scary almost meeting with sepsis had I not come to the hospital immediately. I've been away from baby for 24 hrs and they gave me a pump which I'm using infrequently. He's taking a bottle and formu”

“i never thought at 21 months old i would get my first round of mastitis. my daughter and i both have food poisoning, but now on the tail end of it. my fever got so high so it hurt me to nurse and she wasn’t nursing much cause of low appetite anyways. apparently illness makes you more prone. i don’t even produce a huge amount of milk anymore and all i have is a hand pump. what do i do?! lactation consult confirmed mastitis, she suggested ice and getting antibiotics. submitted by /u/Su”

“My one year old was hit with a cold this past weekend. She is also teething and has been extremely fussy. She is breastfed and we have a hard time with solids but she eats her lunch at daycare with no issues and sometimes at home. These past few days she hasn’t been eating much and only wants boob. The last time she got hit with RSV , we regressed a lot from solids. How can I encourage her to eat more? I feel like I’ve tried everything under the moon and sun. We went for her one year appointment”

“I'm 21, my baby is about to be 6 months old, we were exclusive bf up until a week ago when I started combo feeding because I've been under alot of stress and couldn't get myself to eat enough, so I felt my milk wasn't enough for him. Since it's been a long journey I didn't pump when I gave him a bottle, because I would still breastfeed before giving him formula. Fast foward to yesterday when I noticed my right boob hurts while he nurses, I noticed some redness and sorness”

“I have a 13 month old who is breastfed. We tried to introduce formula at 4 months but she threw it up and so we think she has a cow milk intolerance. We tried hypoallergenic milk at that time but she wouldn't drink it. But she drinks expressed milk from a bottle just fine so I made it work. After a year, I really want to stop pumping. My supply is decreasing, I need to get up in the middle of the night to have enough to supply for daycare. I asked the pediatrician if in september I could rep”

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“There seems to be a lot of confusion around safe use of bedside sleepers. I believe part of the confusion comes down to the terminology, for example on this thread from the sub the other day re: cosleeping practices— https://www.reddit.com/r/ScienceBasedParenting/comments/1uox59v/comment/ovvyo1z/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button For the purposes of this discussion, I'd like to set the terminology of "bedside sleepers”

“About a week ago I woke up with a tender breast. Throughout the day, I started to get worse and because I’ve had mastitis (5 times) before I went to urgent care and got started on antibiotics. Later that night I developed a high fever (never developed a fever in the past with mastitis) and awful flu like symptoms that landed me in the ED. They gave me some medicines and I felt better. However, it didn’t seem like the antibiotic (Keflex) was helping because typically my symptoms would clear up in”