Fussy Baby
Friday, December 5th, 2008
Yeasterday Maddox woke up super cranky and remained that way for the entire day and all last night. He is generally a pretty happy baby and all this fussiness is uncharacteristic. I took his temperature…normal.
Yesterday he would wake from his cat naps screaming and crying. During a nice lunch outside in Berkeley he totally lost it. Usually nursing fixes everything, but not this time. .
Last night he didn’t get to sleep until 9pm, then woke at 1:45, 3:30, 4:30, and 5:30 (AM folks!). Much crying ensued. During the 5:30 session I finally figured out what was causing his pain – I think. It seems as if it hurts when he pees. He was screaming so hard when I was changing his diaper that I just slapped it on and hussled to the couch so I could soothe him with some boob. He refused it and kept crying. Then almost as suddenly as the crying started, it stopped, and he smiled and started cooing. Weird! Then I noticed that my whole lap was wet. The diaper had come off during his fussing. It became apparant that he was in discomfort during urination, and fine when it was all over. Calling the pediatrician now…
I read some scary things about urine retrival in infants involving cathetars and needles, hopefully we can avoid those things. 8-/
