reassure me please! sick DD1

[hbear]

Ugh. My heart literally hurts when my child is sick. And I'm a nurse!

Dd1 spiked a fever today, says her tummy hurts, and had been pretty tired most of the day, not eating much at all. Mood was ok afterAdvil this morning.

Fever is back, under the arm says 102.9, and forehead said 101.3. Gave more Advil.

Well DD2 is only 19 days old. So I'm so worried about her! She's breastfed. So I'm trying to stay positive about all the antibodies she's getting from me, but still, im worried. DH said he'd stay home from work tomorrow so I can try to keep them separated. I don't know what I'd do if I had to take care of both of them alone!

Tell me DD2 will be fine...

[Pilsy]

Cute girls! Adorable.

It will be okay! So wonderful your DH can help. Do you have any pedialite (sp?) or whatever it’s called?

I think you’re doing all you can and it’s a little virus that will pass quickly. For what it’s worth, on Monday, I had something come on quickly (with very similar symptoms), and I was fine in fewer than 24 hours! Everything will be okay, but I understand your concern. Any mom in your situation would probably fret!

[curbsideprophet]

DD spiked a fever when DS was 6 days old. We did try to keep them apart as much as possible. I changed clothes after being around DD before going back to DS. That might have been excessive but I was paranoid. DS did not get sick. It is so stressful with such a little one in the house. Good luck.

[bunch]

I'm so sorry! My dd2 contracted HFM at a week old and it consisted of a few spots and a very low fever, despite dd1 and I being totally down for the count. I hope that your experience is the same if she even gets it.

[anna7602]

Your DD2 will be fine. My DD has had pink eye and strep throat in the last month and my newborn didn't get either malady.

[hbear]

Thank you. Anecdotes help.

[Deleted]

You'll be fine. DD has been sick 3 times since DS came along and he has never caught it.

[zeewifeandmama]

::: hugs ::: the first sickness to roll through the house ( stomach flu) after DS was born was a doozy. Partly because I was so super worried about him getting sick, but also because I couldn't comfort/be there for DD like I wanted to because I DS was so little that I had to attend to him.... Plus keep them separated. I hope everyone is feeling better real soon!
Eta ds never got anything despite me getting the flu twice