Help me, Dr Hellobee. 
12 months old.
Three straight days of fussy behavior, hardly eating.
Pulling at her ear - but she's on antibiotics for an ear infection.
Today - won't eat, won't drink any milk (at daycare, she did nurse this morning). Fever of 100.8.
Sleeping fine.
Playing fine.
My husband laughs at me when I say, could it be her molars? Or other teeth? Other thoughts?
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
I think it does sound like teething!!!
Is she drooly? But then my M was never drooly most of the time before teeth broke through.
pomegranate / 3008 posts
Ear infection and teething are the first things coming to mind. Those or HFMD but that is really only coming to mind based on the other thread and some of the people in my FB newsfeed.
pomegranate / 3388 posts
Are you sure the antibiotics are working? You might want to bring her to the doctors to see if the ear infection is actually going away.
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
I would definitely say either teething or an infection! If she's on antibiotics and the fever is persisting, you may want to get her checked again... there should be a change in her fever within 24-48 hrs of starting the antibiotic. You might need a different medicine.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
@regberadaisy: no drool but she hardly ever drools!
@looch: all clear. Very regular.
@skibobrown: @mrs. wagon: not sure. She started the antibiotics 7 days ago!
I put a call into her nurse line. The ear infection from last week is the only reason I'm really kind of worried and waffling about a doc appt.
kiwi / 613 posts
Maybe she has a little virus that just has to run its course...It could have been coupled with the ear infection, or the ear infection could have been viral and won't be cleared up with the antibiotic and just needs to clear on its own. OR molars...Could be so many things! But I do remember molars being hell for my lo!
pomegranate / 3729 posts
Teeth...or wonder week! P was a bear for a couple days and then had some new words, began walking, and got a tooth. Right after her 1st birthday, probaby around the same age M is now.
coconut / 8498 posts
I'm calling teeth or a virus. We've been dealing with the same symptoms for at least a week. LO doesn't drool when teething, but her diapers and general disposition point to it.
pomegranate / 3414 posts
Ear infection or teething. Could be that the antibiotic she is on isn't working and she needs a different one; especially if she still has a fever.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
Essentially, she has a sore throat. According to her pediatrician, it's going around., He's seen a bunch of cases of it just today! Kids aren't eating, they're cranky, have a fever and just uncomfortable. So, nothing we can do except keep her comfortable, offer her water and milk and give her Tylenol. And keep offering food.
Poor boo!!
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