I am so not the mommy who medicates for a runny nose. Even a slight fever. Or cough.
But when Benjamin spent a restless night unable to take deep breaths, nurse, or keep down what little food he had in his body, I knew he needed medical treatment.
After a thorough exam, including a nasal swab and a chest x-ray, the results came back positive for RSV. AND PNEUMONIA.
“Is he a preemie? Does he go to daycare?”
No! He was a week overdue and he stays home with me! Well, except church nursery once a week. And MOPS, two Tuesdays every month.
“Ah. Just enough for him to catch something and bring it home.”
WELL, HE’S NOT GOING BACK, THAT’S FOR SURE.
Ok, so maybe that was an overreaction. But that’s how I feel right now.
In his little 18 pound body, he has no less than three medications running their course: A shot for the pneumonia, steroids for his poor little injured mucous membranes, and antibiotics.
My poor baby.
How far do you go to protect your baby from viral and bacterial infections like these?
The poor little guy. My friends 22 month old (weighing 20lbs) has the flu right now and she has a bunch of med in her too. I guess it’s the season for sickness. The poor Little baby boy.
Vaccine’s are useful, as you are finding out first-hand.
I am still not sure about vaccines. My granddaughter got the flu from hers and so did I. We both got it the same number of days after the vaccine, we did not have it at the same time for us to have given something to each other. We were both sick as could be, from something that was supposed to keep us from it.
Beth, I can feel for you, sick babies are the worse, I would rather it be me than the baby suffering.
Aww… poor baby! I hope he starts feeling better soon. And I hope mommy is able to get a little bit of rest over the next few days.
Since you are nursing him, you could start taking lots of echinacea and vitamin C. It’ll just give your milk a little extra sumpin’ sumpin’ to help both of you. Don’t do the echinacia for more than two weeks at a time though because you can build immunity to it. 🙂 You might also get a good probiotic and start taking it f yourself (for your milk) and possibly sprinkling a little on his tongue. This will help his gut with the antibiotics.
I do this for both Hope and I and so far we’ve stayed very healthy.
I have a grocery cart cover for when we go shopping and I don’t put her in the church nursery. We are also very courteous in that when we have sniffling kiddos we keep them home.
I don’t think that your choice in not vacinating him is the problem here. I think it is the season for these types of problems. Also watch him closely for a reaction to the shot they gave him, my cousins little guy had an awful reaction to it. She refused it the next time the doctors recommended it. I agree with taking the vacs at a slower pace, I did it with my second son as he had terrible reactions to them. I finished his round of baby vacs at age four when his body was big enough to handle them. My first was fine with them on schedule. You have to do what works best for your son and you.
Have you tried a little Vick’s on him? My sister in law puts it on the bottom of her kids feet and covers them with socks. She swears it works better than putting it up on their chest. I used to put it on an old burp cloth under the sheet. They got the smell without putting it on them. And they make this greaseless cream that is awsome. For little guys you anly need a tiny amount.
man, a sick baby is rough. I just do the usual, breastfeeding, handwashing and trying to stay away from sick people. But sometimes they get sick and it is good that we have modern meds as a back up. And that’s what they should be IMO, a last resort.
I had pnemonia this year and had to go on two different antibiotics as well as a couple other meds. As much as I hated it, the natural remedies were not working and I didn’t want to wind up in the hospital.