2 year old throat & ear infection..can I avoid abx???

[springmum]

My poor little boy woke yesterday with a fever and threw up a couple of times. I thought it was a short lived virus as his fever went away by lunch & he was acting fine again.

By dinner he was miserable and by bed his fever had shot up to 103-104. I had to give tylenol 2x in the night b/c he was miserable, not sleeping & clearly uncomfortable.

He's still acting sick today, little appetite and a very low fever. I took him to a walk in b/c our ped's office is closed.

He said his throat is infected & one ear is starting to look infected. We were unable to get a swab DS was way too upset about that so I don't know if it's strep or not.

Dr said if his fever goes back up tonight to start amox.

Obviously, I want nothing to do with abx (unless necessary)

I've given him garlic drops in the ear & will continue that
I tried to get him to take garlic & manuka honey orally whic didn't go over so well, so I'll need to liquify that more.
He had some sambu guard, probiotics & extra D
Vit c is hard to get in him.
He's still nursing too.


Does anyone have any other tips or experiences with throat infections in toddlers????

Thank you

[springmum]

Well I hope we're headed in the right direction. No more fever, energy & appetite are back.

I've been giving him a drink of garlic, lemon, vit c, manuka honey & water. He prefers a boob chaser after a sip of that (can't say I blame him!) Garlic in the ears before bed & fingers crossed this is the end of it!

Would still love others experiences though - always nice to share what works for others

[blessedwithboys]

what has always worked for me is to not give anti-pyretics, no matter how unconfortable the kiddo seems. ime, it always just prolonged the duration, whereas letting the fever do its job cleared things up much faster.

of course, my ds2 is sick now and i havent given anything and its not going away, but in general, thats always whats worked for us. ymmv of course.