new mom and i need advice

Aww, sorry for your little guy. First off, not a medical professional, just a dad on the internet so take anything I say (or anything else you read like Web MD) with a grain of salt.

That is a low grade fever, not too bad. I know it's very scary when you are a new parent and they are screaming and sick. If you go to the pediatrician (barring any other weirdness), the biggest thing they are going to tell you is watch out for is dehydration. If he stops eating or if he stops having wet diapers at a normal rate, then you have to worry about dehydration. Odds are that is what they will tell you, "He's got some kind of virus, we can't give him anything, watch out for dehydration". I am not saying this to say don't go to the doctors (you should, especially if this is your first time dealing with something like this), but just to calm your nerves a little in the meantime... because when they are screaming non-stop like that it is awful.

When you have your first kid, its scary and you don't know what to do. My wife and I took our oldest to the doctors a lot, we weren't like every sniffle but when in doubt we were going to err on the side of caution. By the time we got to our second we had seen enough stuff that we'd be like "Eh, we'll go tomorrow if he's still got a fever or if it gets worse" lol But the other thing, trust your mother's intuition... my wife is in no way a nervous hypochondriac, so if she says something is wrong I say ok lets go.

I don't want to state the obvious here but have you tried Holding Him? My son liked to be wrapped tightly. Yours may not.

How often are you feeding him? He could be hungry. Are you feeding naturally or formula (I have NO OPINION EITHER WAY). If it's formula he may be having a reaction to the type it is.

Hope you get an appt soon and can let us know.

My son always ran "hot" at 99 and even still at 14y he's a "hot" kid.

He was a thirsty baby, that hasn't changed. He loves water.

Not sure if it's your cat or not.

Use the horrible syringe to suck the mucous out of his nose.

It's probably not the cat - they say that allergies don't develop until they are older. Also, babies that are exposed to animals are actually less likely to develop allergies to them.

He could be hot from all the crying. All that crying is hard work

Try clearing his nose with some saline and put a towel under his crib mattress so his head is a bit propped up - that always helped when my little ones had stuffy noses.

Good luck to you - the first few months are tough, but it gets easier

Both of my children were amazing until about 5 weeks. It was then that they realized that they were alive and were definitely going to let me know it. I doub't allergies, or virus really as the immune system of tiny babies is typically pretty good. Both of my children were also colickey (sp?) and they would scream and scream without stop every day between the hours of 4:30 PM and 8:30PM and then just stop. I'm sorry that this is happening, and I feel for you as a new mom that can be extremely scary. I hope everything works out. Good luck to you and your little one. :flowerforyou:

I'm glad there wasn't anything really serious wrong, besides lack of sleep. That makes everything worse. I don't know if you're a reader, but the book "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" by Dr. Marc Weissbluth is awesome. His writing is kind of a jumbled mess, but the information is so good it's worth slogging through it. It tells you how to work with your baby's natural biological clock and how to establish good sleep habits so you can all sleep better. The thing I like about it is that it tells you what to expect and when, because babies' sleep needs are different depending on how old they are. Anyway, according to the book (and my three girls have all been this way) babies are the most fussy at 6 weeks, then gradually get less so. So as frustrating as it is, your little one is right on track.

God bless you guys. I remember when my son was that small I wished hed get big n hold his own bottle or walk n now I wish he was tiny cause hes adventurous and jumps off the couches n kitchen tables n hes only a year n a half. Idk why little boys love kitchen tables so much , the other night I passed by my neighbors n their baby was on theirs I was thinking well atleast my son isnt the inly one lol