September 2013 babies!!

[Northern_Shutterbug]

Urgh, littlest has got worse today with a really swollen and stiff neck so phoned the advice line after dinner and they wanted a dr to see him at the hospital immediately and even considered sending an ambulance! Was a bit scary and we were worrying about meningitis

However, he's been checked out and they're happy that its still tonsilitis and they hope the medicine will kick it into touch in the next 24 hours - I hope so, he's in so much pain

Also had someone access my Facebook account today and try to set up loads of advertising - thankfully Facebook flagged it and it was stopped.

Not a good day

[Southern Butterfly]

WAG- This one is by far my most active too! All the u/s techs so far have gotten fristrated with him because he won't stay still for anything lol. It's fun feeling all the jabs while they're small but I have a feeling both of us are going to have some bruised ribs as our LOs get bigger!

Northern- I'm so sorry about your poor little guy. It's so hard to feel helpless when your child is sick or in pain. Hope he starts to feel better soon.

We ended up at the emergency clinic on Easter for our little DS3 because he was crying hysterically and grabbing at his penis. I've never seen him so distressed. We suspected an infection and in fact it was but what amazed us and the doctors was how bad the infection was. He said a white cell count in the urine over 75 is considered to be a significant infection, DS3's count was well over 500! They said it was a massive infection and that's why he was in so much pain. He's doing better today but still in pain :-(

Aside from several of us having sick little ones, how was everyone's Easter? Anyone get some nice Easter pics to share? I didn't get any because of DS3 being sick (I usually do a portrait of them each year in their Easter outfits) but will have to wait and do it later this week. Hope everyone is doing well!

[Wanting-a-girl]

O I know it's all I can think of! Lol its gonna get painful!


Sorry about your little guy! Was he swelled up too? My ds2 has issUes where it will swell and turn red or purple and the dr has no idea what it is it happend quite often when he was younger and it happend a couple weeks ago for the first time in a long time... Urine has never come back with a white cell count tho :s i don't circumsise so I wonder if his forsaking is too tight maybe

[Southern Butterfly]

DS1 is our only one who was circumsized, DS2 & 3 aren't (long story lol) but this is the first time any of my kids have had a urinary tract infection. Anyway, no there was no swelling or anything on the outisde that looked dfferent. Is your little guy in pain when it flares up like that?

[Wanting-a-girl]

Yes he's in lots of pain he says ouch ... He's autistic and although he is quite verbal now he can't conversation I can't say Hayden where do you hurt or how does it feel I don't think he understands context....

They have put him on crazy antibiotics blindly and it put bruises over his entire body... I don't want them treating him like a guinea pig

[Southern Butterfly]

Aww poor thing! I found this on line in response to a mother with a 4 year old with similar symptoms, maybe it could help?:

"You could always put some anti-yeast meds or some plain yogurt on the penis to give him some relief -- it won't hurt anything if it's not yeast.

It could very well be separation irritation -- if his foreskin is starting to separate from the glans, that often occurs with redness, swelling, and pain. Baking soda baths and lots of nakey time can help, as well as letting him pee in a cup of warm water to minimize any stinging.

If he's running a fever or there's significant swelling all the way down the shaft, or you start to see any gross discharge (like pus), then he might have an infection.

But this age is a very common one to get separation irritation.

http://www.drmomma.org/2010/01/painf...g-prepuce.html

If you do end up taking him to the doctor, do NOT under any circumstances allow the doctor to manipulate the foreskin or attempt to pull it back even if he says he's going to do it gently -- there's simply nothing to see that will be diagnostic and he could harm your son. The only person to retract the foreskin should be your son as he can tell how far back it can go before it starts hurting.

Also, if the doctor wants to prescribe antibiotics, make sure he takes a culture to make sure it's actually a bacterial infection."

[Honeychild]

Oh no, sorry to hear that several people have sick little ones. Sending them all get well soon vibes. :hug:

And patience vibes to those whose scans are coming up soon too.

[Thorz300]

Oh so sorry everyone dealing with sick kiddos! No fun at all! dS3 came down with a fever of 104 yesterday. It was so sad but at the same time, he spent the whole afternoon and evening cuddling on my lap and wouldn't let me put him down. I loved all the sweet cuddle time, but I did get much done around the house! I hope he is better today....

How are everyone's little guys today? I hope they are on the mend!

[Wanting-a-girl]

Thanks southern!

I def need some patients as I feel like a kid before Christmas morning and I still have 6 sleeps to go!

[Thorz300]

I'm excited too 4 more days for me, but I'm starting to get really nervous that I booked it too early!!! I'll measure at 15w1d but by LMP I'll only be 14w5d. I've been reading a lot about them getting it wrong that early!! So I'm not sure I'm going to announce anything on FB like I wanted to until its confirmed at my 20 week scan! Well if they say boy at this scan maybe I will announce because if it ends up being a girl later it won't hurt to correct it, but if they say girl and I announce it and then if I'm told boy at 20 weeks, it would KILL me to have to go on FB and say NEVERMIND IT'S NOT A GIRL! it's actually ANOTHER boy! I just really want to be positive it's a girl before I announce it!