My 11 month old son a little over a month ago was running a fever for 101 for a week. We took him to the doctor and they told us if it got worst to bring him in again. The fever went away but then he started cophing to the point he would puk mucus and stuff up. Brought him in again, they tested fro strep and he didn't have it. Antoher week later, he still had the same symptoms, We brought him in again and they said he just had two earaches. So they put him on an antibiotic. He is currently on it, but it does not seem to be helping. Today is his last day on the medicine. He seems to cry a lot know, and when he was little he never ever cried. Not even when he was teething. He will not eat very much. He is not sleeping very well at night. My question is, has any other moms had something similar to this? Do you know what it could be? Do you know if there is some other kind of doctor rather then a pedeiatric doctor we could bring him to?
We do give him a multivitamin with fluroide. And we do have a lady who watches him. She has 3 kids of her own. So she watches him my three year old and her three kids.
Both my sons would have ear infections and they would put them on the Amoxicillian every time and they just wouldn't go away. I had to ask for the stronger anitibotic for the ear infections to go away. I had to switch my peditrician because I felt they weren't listening to me. I am no satisfied with the new doctor. So you might ask around to people you know to give you a referral to their peditrician. Good luck.
I agree with the probiotics. I get my son chewable kids probiotics from the health food store and he never go sick one day last winter. I don't know if they have Good Earth up there but that is where I go.
Definitely take him back to the doctor. I agree the antibiotic is probably not working. If he is on amoxicillan.......it never worked for us.
Sounds like your baby could have allergies. Allergies come with low immunity. The stuffiness probably led to the ear infections. Get him on a good multivitamin and a probiotic. Probiotics build immunity and help fend off ear infections. I can recommend a vitamin with prebiotic in it and possibly a probiotic that would work for you. If your baby likes yogurt then that will help. Get some in him every day.
My 2 kids both got sick w/ fevers and coughing and it lasted around a month or 2. I took them to the doc multiple times when we finally figured out it was called RSV. not sure what it actually stands for other than 2 months of hell for us & the little ones. Fevers, diarreah, crying, fussing, puking. It was horrible. The only thing we could do was work through it although we did get an inhaler for the both of them to help open up the airways and cut down on the coughing a bit. It is super contagious so if he is going to daycare he could be passing it back & forth.
Both got it when they were around 9 or 10 months old I believe and I am not sure ifthey can test for it now or what, it's been awhile but something to consider. Hope he gets better soon!
Keep up with trying to figure it out but I fed my toddler Stonyfield Farms baby yougurt. It's a bit more expensive than regular yogurt, but it's full of healthy strains of probiotics that help digestion so that he's better able to fend of illnesses. Along the same lines, you can go to a health food store and they will help you choose a good children's probiotic for him.
sorry your little guy is having so much trouble. :(
Could be that he's just catching many things in sequence. However, if he's running a consistent fever and consistently coughing. Take him to another pediatrician... until you are satisfied. Antibiotic may not be working, they should be able to see right in his ear to check for infection.
see if he feels better after antibiotics have finished. often they cause stomach upset that can really bother some kids. if he's still sick a few days after that, definitely get him in again!
Have them try a different antibiotic. When an antibiotic works, you can tell it's working within two days.
For us lots of mucous usually means our child has eaten something he is severely intolerant to (dairy typically). It would turn into a secondary viral or bacterial issue.
You may want to look at his diet. Corn syrups are a big problem for us too.
I agree with trying probiotics (due to the antibiotic use) - however, my son is very sensitive to any probiotics with strep strains in them (even though they're the "good" strep).
Good luck and hope your little guy gets to feeling better very soon.
Hi--
A few things. A lot of times when kids get re-occuring symptoms like this it is a long term reaction to vaccinations. The body will keep trying to fight off the imbalance caused by the vaccination every few weeks--you just have to wait until the body figures it out. Next, put him on a full spectrum pro-biotic. Make sure he is getting enough omega 3 fatty acids (if you are breast-feeding he gets it through your milk, otherwise get him a kids supplement.)
Good luck!
J.
It could be a variety of things. First I would ask if you have he on a multi vitamin and is he in daycare? Unfortunately daycare is a breeding ground for illness. Pink eye, colds, stomach virus, etc. are common occurrences in daycare. Multivitamins won’t cure everything but they definitely help.
Teething can also cause a lot of the symptoms you are describing. My youngest (who is now 15) had an ear infection everything he started teething. He ran a fever, and had cold like symptoms. Now I realize he might not have done this with his earlier teeth, but those back teeth can be difficult so it wouldn’t be surprise if this is the case. Children’s Motrin and a cold wash cloth for him to chew on seemed to help. Also popsicles.
Last he might be having issues with tonsils and adenoids. My other child was sick for his first 3 years but once he had his tonsils and adenoids removed and tubes put in his ears he was healthy with no future health problems and even gained weight. I was shocked at how different he was. Unfortunately most doctors won’t even consider removing tonsils and/or adenoids until you have had numerous doctors’ visits. My best friends were children’s Motrin and Benadryl until that time. These were the only meds that seemed to help with fever and pain.
I do agree that perhaps the antibiotic he's on may not be working (probably amoxicillin), but each person will respond differently in terms of reduction of symptoms. The fact that he's not really better after the full course may warrant another visit to the pediatrician.
It's OK to ask to see another pediatrician, but you're really taking him to the right place - pediatricians are specialists on babies. There has been a bad virus going around this summer that's lasting 10+ days, and there's no treatment for viruses, they just have to run their courses.
It is possible that he's going through another round of teething, too, which is making him uncomfortable.
It's hard when we can't comfort our kids and don't know how to make them better.
HealthyChildren.org is a parenting website from the American Academy of Pediatrics and is a great source of information. See what you can find there or MayoClinic.com, WebMD.com
My daughter has many food allergies (most of which I figured out through experimenting with diet - hers and mine since I was breastfeeding). She also had trouble sleeping at night and later on had a fever that would not go away. The very day we quit eating dairy she slept through the night. It may be that, or it may be other things (for us soy, gluten, peanuts, corn and other things are also problems). It does sound like his immune system is weak, so probiotics and additional vitamins will be important.
The best way to check if food is a problem is just to start eliminating things and track how your son does. You can also look into having him tested for food sensitivities (IgG reactions). We had to find a naturopath (I can recommend on in the Denver area) to do the testing as that's not something doctors typically do. It showed us some foods that I wasn't figuring out were problems, but it also didn't show me everything that I had already figured out were problems, so there's still some experimenting to do on your part even with the testing.
You may also try giving him a large amount (for him) of vitamin C just to clear up the infection (you can't overdose on vit. C - it just flushes out of your system once your body can't absorb any more). My kids will drink Airborne (I like Walmart's Equate generic brand) and it gives them a ton of vitamin C in a way they can absorb and is tasty.
If you begin avoiding dairy, there are probiotics out there that are powdered, so you can just mix it in with juice or milk or even foods. We also have her on Nordic Naturals DHA Jr.
Good luck. It's a hard road, but just keep trusting your intuition and doing what's right even if when it gets hard!
I have them check for another ear infection - my daughter was like this all the time and once we had tubes put in the issues all cleared up. Good luck!
I say stop wasting your time with that Dr. and trust your instincts ...You may have to get a refferal to see an ear nose and throat Dr. Or just go to the E.R.
Good luck!
I had a similar situation that you have only that my son was 5months old. He would cough and cough, so I took him to Kaiser and his doctor told me that he was very healthy nothing wrong... He continued with his cough for about 2-3 months and on the third time that I took him in I went off on the doctor and told her that I wanted a chest x-ray because I felt that something was wrong and sure enough he had a chest infection the entire time. They took his chest x-ray and a cloud like image appeared. I was furious!!!
