Mikey, please stay well!

Well, Mikey has been by far my sickest child. He gets sick every 2-3 weeks, especially during the winter poor guy. He has had a double ear infection, many colds and coughs, a lung infection, strep throat twice, pink eye, an allergic reaction to amoxicillan, and croup. Poor little guy has been on tylenol and ibuprofen constantly and it is starting to burn a hole in our pocket with how much medicine we have had to buy for our little guy. He has a fever quite regularly and through it all, he still stays so sweet.

He got strep throat at 10 months old which is really young and went on amoxicillan. After the 9th day he ended up getting a rash over his whole body and the doctor said it was an allergic reaction to the antibiotic (see picture below). He also had croup at the same time so they gave him some prednisone for 4 days and within hours it cleared up his croupy cough and rash, wow. Then he had fevers again last week for 3 days so into the doc again we went and he was diagnosed with strep again. I joked with the doctor telling him that I was paying for his summer vacation :) With his allergy, he was given the antibiotic Cefdinir and I am not a fan of this medication. It causes him to have bad diarrhea for several hours after taking it and he occasionally throws up from it too. It's hard to say what's worse, fevers and cranky baby or upset tummy diaper rash baby instead. At least his sleep has improved and he's sleeping through the night again since he only has to have the medicine in the morning and the effects are worn off by night time.

Luckily Justin is done with his proposal and home to help out now. I was seriously feeling drained from being up so much with kids in the night (I averaged being up 3 times each night) and my immune system was starting to wear down too due to lack of sleep and being a single parent. I am very much looking forward to spring and summer and less sickness around this house.