Tummy pain in an 8 -month-old

I am the mother of an eight mont old premature baby boy. He is so pleasant anf friendly. I’m just a bit worried that he’s not crawling and refuses to go on the floor but beside the crawling I have a question to ask.

 

On Sunday day morning he woke up with a fever of 38.64 degrees. He was crying and nothing helped sooth him. He refused to have his bottle and fell asleep on my breast. He cried every time he pasted a wind down there. It was loud, continuous and very smelly. He woke up again at 3am and then at 4.50am crying and also refused to drink from my breast.

I took him to a homeopath which couldn’t rely tell me what the problem was. He gave me something for the fever which helped bring the fever down to 38 degrees. The next evening he continued crying through the night and refused to drink the bottle and breast.

Last night he woke up every half an hour, nagging and pulling his legs up to his stomach.

Today we went to another GP for a second opinion. He advised that us that our baby has a viral infection. I couldn’t wait to leave the consulting rooms as my boy didn’t stop crying. It was as if someone was murdering him. Once we got the script for the pharmacy we were on our way.

I completely forgot to ask him, what actually causes the viral infection.

 

Please would you be able to give me advise.

   To answer your last question first, we all pick up many viral infections in our life, the commonest one is a cold (coryza). We nearly always catch these from some other human. It is often not realised that if someone sneezes or coughs onto a surface which your baby touches or you carry on your hands to the baby's face, then the baby becomes infected with a virus. I suspect your doctor saw a sore throat when s/he examined your baby.
It is possible that this virus will cause gastroenteritis and he will develop vomiting and diarrhoea. Your baby obviously has tummy pain from your description and I wonder whether he has chronic constipation. Both these conditions could explain the pain and foul wind.
Please write again and tell me what the bowel actions are like. Also has he ever had blood on his bowel action.
There is one serious condition that requires surgery called intussusception and I would go back to your doctor and enquire about this possibility if the pain has not settled by the time you get this e-mail. This is a rare condition but very important.
Finally I would not be concerned about a premature not crawling by 8 months.
David