https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:29:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-of-just-being-off-do-you-wait-before-seeing-a-dr#post-1968446 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:41:57 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1968446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with everyone. I keep post-poning without major issues, but three weeks definitely seems like long enough for it to be real. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-of-just-being-off-do-you-wait-before-seeing-a-dr#post-1968433 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:29:12 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1968433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would go too. Especially since he isn't usually so "out of sorts". Colin rarely shows the classic signs for ear infections - we have been surprised a few times with them at well-checks, because his "off" symptoms were never serious or major enough to warrant a visit on their own. Worst that happens is you are out a co-pay and they tell you "this too shall pass" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-of-just-being-off-do-you-wait-before-seeing-a-dr#post-1968354 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:26:01 +0000 matador84 1968354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Go! Your doc will be glad you came in. It's always better that it's nothing than something lingering. I always used to wait too long when I just had G and it would end up so much worse by the time I took him in. I think maybe only once or twice it was nothing (at the time), but led to something bigger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-of-just-being-off-do-you-wait-before-seeing-a-dr#post-1968262 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 18:35:13 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1968262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: That's how Elliot is! He's my little guy that is sensitive to everything: teething, sleep regressions, developmental milestones. Finn, however, usually rolls right through those things without missing a beat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-of-just-being-off-do-you-wait-before-seeing-a-dr#post-1968233 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 18:12:28 +0000 Cherrybee 1968233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you should go asap. What harm would it do? None. But the alternative - to hold off and then find he does have an infection - just prolongs his misery (if indeed he has misery/infection). </p> <p>That said, in answer to your question, I wait a long time because E is always "off". Teeth, Wonder Weeks, coughs, colds.... I'm more concerned when she's happy! :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-of-just-being-off-do-you-wait-before-seeing-a-dr#post-1968205 Tue, 02 Dec 2014 17:55:59 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1968205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When your kid is acting off and not themselves but isn't having any major symptoms, what do you do? How long do you wait?</p> <p>F has been off for almost 3 weeks. He's fussy and clingy, which is completely unlike him. He's normally my social, full of life little guy and this last week, everyone kept asking me if E was my happy, social twin. He has had a snotty nose, but no fever or other major symptoms. His sleep is fine. Eating hasn't been great, but he is eating and drinking some. </p> <p>At what point do I give up and take him to the doctor just to make sure there's no lurking ear infection, etc? </p>