Sick baby

[shambry]

Alex has a double ear infection and possibly strep throat. :(  Last night he spiked a fever of 102.2F, so I gave him Motrin to bring it down. This morning he was still at 102, and was coughing and lethargic, so I took him to the pediatrician. My poor little Bug was NOT happy. So now he is on Amoxicillan for 10 days. We also decided to get a

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[curvedmetal]

Hyland's ear drops are great. Lorelei visibly feels relief a couple minutes after a dose.

I'd also suggest probiotics to help reduce the diarrhea from the antibiotics. Space it away from the doses of antibiotics.

Good luck and I hope the bug feels better soon! :)

[shambry]

Thank you for the suggestions!
With the probiotics, would just feeding him lots of yogurt work, or should I get the capsules? I've never had to use them before...

[curvedmetal]

You could try the yogurt if he'll eat it, but it only has one, maybe two type of probiotics. Still, 100% better than no probiotics! :)