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Posted: 22 August 2005 at 11:09am | IP Logged

For the past 2 days and 2 nights leos had about 6 hours kip all together, During the day hes been preety fine but come night time he screams the house down this is not leo as a lot of you know hes been sleeping through since he was 5 weeks old.

Any way when i was getting him changed this morning ive noticed that hes covered in head to foot in a rash, ive checked his temp twice the first was 36 the 2nd was 35.8, ive been giving him calpol and its not working so i rang the doctors first thing,

the flipping cheek they cant see him till 4.30pm. ive told them that hes not himself at all and im worried about this rash (ive done the tumbler test and all was clear) they say they have no appointments what so ever untill later this afternoon

i'm so tired i can only just keep my eyes open..... i didnt wana come on here and trouble you ladies about leo having two bad nights when i know some of your lo's still aint sleeping through.

will see what the docs say later and let you know.

forgot to add at 4am this morning alan took leo out in the car to try and sooth him.....no joy

well hes just started crying again chat soon gem  

Posted: 22 August 2005 at 11:27am | IP Logged

He's calmed doen alot since ive been walking him outside, leo stayed dry but me i got soaked its chucking down....

ive phoned the nhs direct and they have been very helpfull im just gonna wait and see what hes like in the next couple of hours. i cant call my hv shes only there on a tuesday.

i have phoned the doctors back and asked for the receptionist name just incase i need to file a complaint

gem

Posted: 22 August 2005 at 11:32am | IP Logged

Sorry was tyoing in the wrong box

If he has a temp, strip him down to just a nappy, and if you need to reduce it further, give him a tepid bath!

If your lo is teething it could just be a rash because of that!  I know it sounds wierd but one of mine came up with an all over rash just before a tooth came through!  But you know your baby best, and that was out of order to leave you stew for 5 hours with a lo, as in 5 hours lo's temp could be much worse.

How are you taking his temp, under arm, forehead or ear?

Posted: 22 August 2005 at 11:37am | IP Logged

thanks vic.

under his arm ive done it twice with a digital one.

he seems so tired but he wont close his eyes and go to sleep

alan and me are sure its his teeth but were first time parents and got worried when we saw the rash, he had a bit of a rash yesterday but mil said it was a heat rash.... was very hot here yesterday

just about to give him some more calpol

Posted: 22 August 2005 at 11:43am | IP Logged

Even I worry as a 4th timer!  It's natural, but Fred had the meningitis spots after his 2nd Jab, and I only mentioned it when he went for his 3rd injection!  You see, even I make mistakes! lol

I know alot on here don't like their mil's and I'm one that doesn't listen to mine!  But if she thinks it's heat rash, it could very well be!  Fred had a nasty heat rash as a baby!  I'll put a pic on in about 5 mins, that way you can see what it looks like

And just so that you know, you generally add a degree to whatever the temp says under the arm to give an actual reading, but I was always led to believe that you temp could be anything up to 37.3 c

Posted: 22 August 2005 at 11:49am | IP Logged

great vic let me know when the pics uploaded.

my sister is training to be a nurse but i cant get hold of her so i rang ay aunty she also said that his temp can be upto 37.3

hes sat here in his buggy next to me and i think hes dozed off, this is how bad he was last night........

alan took him for a ride in the car at 4am and leo seemed to settle but when alan got home we didnt want to disterb him by getting him out of thge car seat, so we checked that he was wrapped up and not cold and put him at the side of our bed to sleep in his carseat.... is this bad of us?

Posted: 22 August 2005 at 11:53am | IP Logged

Nope its not bad, its what a mom does when she needs to !  I've never worried too much if tey sleep in a funny postion, my older three have slept half off the bed an a number of occasions!  At least it got him to sleep!  I know plenty of people who drive their lo around then leave them in the car seat just for a couple of hours sleep, I have done it myself a few times

Posted: 22 August 2005 at 12:07pm | IP Logged

that makes me feel better thanks for all the advise vic and uploading that pic so i could compare rashes

chat soon gem.xxx