3 Year Old Son Needs His Tonsils and Adenoids Out

My son had this done at 5 and honestly, it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Before he left the hospital he had a couple of popsicles and a jello. On the way home he asked for mashed potatoes. He slept for a little while that afternoon, but he was back to normal within a couple of days. They will give you pain meds for the first couple of days. They told me to give as prescribed for the 1st 48 hours, then only as he needed it. Lot's of fluids and soft foods and tons of TLC from Mommy and he will be great!
Good luck!

Hey B.,
My son who is also 3 just had this procedure done on Good Friday. His recovery took about a week. He too is a big eater and I wouldn't really waste your money on buying up a bunch of soft foods but mine went to waste. My son didn't eat for the first day after surgery but then he started eating mostly sandwhiches which were softer for him to chew up and swallow. Their throat will be sore just make sure to give him the medication around the clock so it does not become painful. I wish you the best of luck.

I happen to have to go through the same thing soon.Though it may be easier for me since my son is 5 and hardly eats now anyway.But he also has to have his T and A removed on the 7th of next month which I am coming to realize I may have to push back since I am worried that he will miss the last few weeks of school and all the fun involved if I do it then.So I am going to look into getting the date changed when I take him to get the results of his MRI scan tomorrow.But from what they told me the child will have no appetite,will be in a decent amount of pain and that you hve to enforce soft foods because anything hard will scrape the throat and cause bleeding.I was also told he will have to stay home and on watch for the first week since he will be in pain and still miss recess for a week after being in school but I am sure they will rebreif you come the day o the surgery so don't worry too much.Just go ahead and try to be prepared with something for pain and stocked with soft foods like jello,soup,mashed potatoes and of course ice cream...anything mushy and soft.I plan on letting my son have a good bit of ice cream.I absolutely HATE watching my son in pain...I just had to go through it last week watching the nurses take 3 TIMES to get an IV in him for his scan.And I nearly offered him his first car during that time b/c watching him scared and in pain about killed me.Thankfully my husband will be there to help me through it but I am hoping for the both of us that it goes smoothly and they don't suffer too much.

When one of my daughter was four, she had her adenoids and tonsils removed. I really just let her tell me what she felt like eating. For the first couple of days she ate alot of crushed ice (You can buy bags of crushed ice from Sonic.)The ice made her feel better and helped keep the area moist so there wasn't any bleeding. She also ate alot of popcicles and italian ice. She ate gogurt and some of the fun kid soups after the first day. V8 Fruit Smoothies were a hit too and they gave alot of nutrition. Good luck!

Soft, easy to swallow foods like jello, ice cream, pudding, noodle soup type stuff. And lots of TLC from mommy should do the trick!! He is young so he will recover pretty fast. Just follow his lead on eating and playing and if you think it is something he shouldn't have or do then direct him to something else. I'd say by after a week, he should be pretty much back to normal for you!!

Good luck and I hope all goes well for him!
~S.