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A is for amoxicillin
Tick tock. Tick tock. There are only 30 hours separating me from an amoxicillin-free life (well, at least for the time being!)
Munchkin got an ear infection last week and has been on 4 mls of the pink stuff twice a day ever since. Not since I had to administer flea meds to my cat (who knew squeezing a tiny tube of liquid on the back of the neck could be so hard?!) have I experienced such a battle of wills. I hold Munchkin down while my husband uses a dropper to squeeze that stuff into his mouth. Munchkin writhes around like something from "The Exorcist." And then it's done. Well, at least for another eight hours or so. I can't imagine what the stuff tastes like. The smell is a heady combo of Pepto-Bismol and paint thinner and sadly, this is the second time in the past three months that Munchkin has had to endure the big A bomb. The first time he took it straight up, no flavors to mask it. This time, when I hit the pharmacy, they handed me a lengthy list of flavors - everything from bubble gum to watermelon - to add to it. Now that was surreal. Baby hasn't been exposed to most of these -- how could I choose? I knew he didn't like grape (based on the vomitastic face he makes whenever we give him Tylenol). I knew he didn't like banana (based on the vomitastic face he makes whenever we give him banana baby food). And so I twirled my finger around the sheet and finally settled on raspberry. They added the flavor shot to the medicine. But as I said, it really hasn't made an iota of difference. He still hates it. And so do I. I look forward to tomorrow when I can say bye-bye amoxicillin, hello sanity! 5 comments from 5 users
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posted by
Mama26
on Apr 12, 2008 at 12:50 AM
Oh man, i know that feeling! My poor baby (whos 7 now) had ear infections every other month the first year. So after an agonizing decision, she got tubes. About a year later the tubes had fallen out and the infections started again. I felt so guilty, like it was something i was doing wrong, even though we did everything the doctors told us, everything, but her ear canals were just too short for them to drain properly. Now, after another set of tubes and some growing, she had been ear infection free for a long time. thank goodness!
posted by
hmoeckli
on Apr 12, 2008 at 09:58 AM
Are you using a dropper or a plunge syringe? I highly recommend using something with a plunge feature. It makes it much easier to get the medicine in an unwilling child. And you don't have to worry about backwash. Eww.
posted by
kellimwheeler
on Apr 13, 2008 at 07:57 PM
Thank goodness I have graduated to chewable Tylenol! I do not miss those days. Didn't have the options of flavors then either. I agree it's a toss up though. Something needs to be said for the first 24 hours of better living thru chemistry -- babies almost instantly better and you can bring 'em out of quarantine. posted by
creatress
on Apr 14, 2008 at 02:40 PM
Is he too young for yogurt yet? Yogurt is very high in good bacteria that can help fend off infection. It will also help his gut recover from the doses of cephlospores and prevent further problems thanks to them (like yeast in his system, or bladder infection). I sure hope for all your sakes that's the end of it! posted by
munchkinsmom
on Apr 15, 2008 at 08:42 AM
We haven't tried yogurt on him yet, but good idea! I'm just hoping the ear infections don't become a regular thing...
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