If your baby has any of these symptoms, please contact your GP
- A sudden change in your baby’s behaviour
- Feverish and irritable
- Cool and lethargic
- Has a high temperature of feels clammy
- Changing in feeding pattern – usually becoming disinterested and reluctant to feed
- Vomiting – when this has not previously been a problem
- Change in stools – more frequent, loose, watery or more explosive than usual
- Less aware of you
- More floppy than usual, breathing more rapidly/noisily or there may be pauses between some breaths
- More pale than usual
Seek urgent medical attention if your baby
- Stops breathing or goes blue
- Is unresponsive or seems unaware
- Has glazed eyes and doesn’t seem to focus
- Cannot be woken
- Has a convulsion – even if your baby appears to recover
- Has blotchy skin or a rash
Dial 999 and ask for an ambulance.