~My Sweet 2 Yr Old Daughter Had Adnoids and Tonsils Out Yesterday ~

My 5 year old daughter just had hers out on February 3 so about a 4 weeks ago. She ate really good the first day too, then she was in terrible. She was in pain for about 10 days. What ever you do, do not stop giving the pain medicine they gave you, even if they are feeling fine as it starts to wear off and then they are in so much pain they can't even stand it. I made pudding, and jello and ice cream milk shakes with carnation instant breakfast packets mixed in to help with the nutrition. It doesn't last forever, but mine was in pain and really didn't eat for almost 10 days. It gets worse about day 6 as it starts healing and falling off. Hope this helps.

I'm not surprised. Even sipping water might hurt for a day or two. A popsicle is a good idea. Ice cream was what they gave us when we had our tonsils out when we were kids. Make sure she takes what ever medicine they sent home with her (they gave us something for pain when my son went through this). When she feels a bit better, go with soft foods - yogurt, jello, pudding, then later soft boiled or scrambled eggs. She'll be fine, just give it some time.

Very normal. It just hurts for them. My daughter was 2 when she had hers done. She wanted to eat and drinnk, but cried everytime. She did end up having to get an IV. After that she did not have anymore problems with eating or drinking.

Yes, pretty normal...she is sore...stay on top of her medication and do not let her go w/out it....if you wait till she is in pain again it is harder for the same amount of medicine to make her feel better.

So, if directions are dose every 4 hours...we did every 3 1/2 hours so he (nephew) was never in pain.

I agree stay with the more liquid type nutrients...pudding, jello, soup, etc.

My friend had her tonsils removed and I knows it takes a while for them to heal cause its so sore then it will scab up. I suggest fluids, popsicles, yogurt, applesauce, and any other soft foods you can think of. She prob ate cause of the meds and she felt no pain but now the meds are wearing off so its sore and tender.
Good luck and I hope this helps. I wish your little girl and fast recovery.
M.

My son had his tonsils out in October and he will be 3 on Saturday. We did it as a day surgery, so we were not in the hospital overnight. I will concur with all the other mamas in that staying on top of the pain meds is the most important thing. Day 3 will make you think that nothing ever happened to her, but day 4 & 5 were no walk in the park. Also, with my son, the Tylenol w/codiene that they gave us had the opposite effect on him in that it made him VERY wired rather than drowsy, so we ended up just using regular infant Tylenol on him and it worked like a charm!

But to answer this question, yes, it's completely normal. They want to eat the foods that they usually eat, but when they get in their mouths and start to chew and possibly swallow a bit, it hurts and they spit it out. Keep her with Jello, pudding, slushes, popsicles, ice cream, soft foods. You will be so thankful that she had this done, I know that we are.

Totally normal. My daughter was 4 when she had hers out. The nurse said she still had a little numbing when the anesthesia while she was in the hospital so it didn't hurt as much. She was really sore later and would not want to eat. She mainly ate things like popsicles, the cold made her throat feel better. We were told no dairy for the first week. She would drink Pediasure though and she loved them--we put them in the freezer for half hour or so to make them really cold. Slowly she started eating soft foods. She would wake up in the middle of the night because it hurt so much.

we were told to try feed her solid foods as much as possible (quantity unimportant) but that that way she would have her throat muscles strengthen faster. they don't want to eat obviously because it hurts them so just try a bite here and a bite there. recovery is faster that way. avoid red foods as they want to know if bleeding occurs. give her popsicles. you should keep her indoors for 2 weeks even if she shows signs of complete recovery. we were told the 11th day is actually the worse. and for us it was try. up to that day she was sooooo fine. she wanted to go out. we didn't allow her to go out and on the 11th day the scabs started bleeding and we had to have her checked.

When my son had his out last year, he was terrified of swallowing. We got him to drink water and have popsicles for 2 days (we bought the 100% fruit juice ones so he got some nutrients) and he finally started eating "slippery" foods as he calls it, on day 3. He liked to suck on ice too, but he's older than your daughter. It took a week before he would even try regular food again. Hope she feels better soon!

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