newlywoods03
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Post by newlywoods03 on Aug 4, 2014 21:40:20 GMT
My youngest has his first ear infection. He has had a bit of a cough, congestion and runny nose for almost a week. He is also trying to cut his 2 year molars. No ear tugging, crying in bed... nothing. It's just a mild ear infection though.
I'll take it compared to the illnesses he has had in the past - RSV at 3 weeks, pneumonia at 3 months, then HFM and croup last fall/winter. Phew! When my kid gets sick he doesn't hold back. Thankfully, my kids don't get sick that much.
My 4 year old has only had one ear infection too. I'm surprised he hasn't more since he has some crazy seasonal allergies.
Did your kids get ear infections often?
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Post by jenettycakes on Aug 4, 2014 21:46:44 GMT
We were lucky that Jaxson never had one, he's 3 so knock on wood. I thought he he did several times in the past but poppa would always check and nope. Clean. But I actually have one now. Had it for over a week and it's been brutal. I thought I hit a bump as I became extremely tired like I was in my first trimester as I'm 27 weeks. Well my jaw was killing me so a few days ago when I went for my glucose test I also went to Urgent Care. Middle ear infection. Wish I could take Ibuprofen or something.
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Post by elaine on Aug 4, 2014 21:47:25 GMT
One did and the other didn't. We had tubes put in the ear of the one that did and he still managed to get ear infections, but the pus just ran out of the infected ear. It was lovely. He still gets one a year, but has also managed to get pneumonia each of the past two Novembers.
eta: I hope your little guy feels better soon!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2014 21:52:57 GMT
You want to know something weird? My 3 lb. preemie son, who stayed in the hospital for 10 weeks and was exposed to all kinds of childhood illnesses, has had fewer illnesses than my 9 lb full term daughter. I guess his immune system got quite a work out when he was an infant.
Really, other than the occasional cold or seasonal allergy, both of them are pretty darn healthy.
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newlywoods03
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Post by newlywoods03 on Aug 4, 2014 21:53:43 GMT
We were lucky that Jaxson never had one, he's 3 so knock on wood. I thought he he did several times in the past but poppa would always check and nope. Clean. But I actually have one now. Had it for over a week and it's been brutal. I thought I hit a bump as I became extremely tired like I was in my first trimester as I'm 27 weeks. Well my jaw was killing me so a few days ago when I went for my glucose test I also went to Urgent Care. Middle ear infection. Wish I could take Ibuprofen or something. Oh no! Hope you feel better soon! I've thought my kids have had them before, but I was wrong. Turns out it was teething. So glad he hasn't had one before! That's great. I had thought ear infections were just something all kids got - like scrapped knees. Guess I was wrong and I am ok with that! |
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newlywoods03
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Post by newlywoods03 on Aug 4, 2014 21:56:33 GMT
One did and the other didn't. We had tubes put in the ear of the one that did and he still managed to get ear infections, but the pus just ran out of the infected ear. It was lovely. He still gets one a year, but has also managed to get pneumonia each of the past two Novembers. eta: I hope your little guy feels better soon! Oh man, that had to tough and icky!
Thanks for the well wishes! J is doing well, besides. Eating, playing and sleeping fine. My kids are really good about handling sickness. Let's hope it carries on into adulthood 
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newlywoods03
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Post by newlywoods03 on Aug 4, 2014 21:57:32 GMT
You want to know something weird? My 3 lb. preemie son, who stayed in the hospital for 10 weeks and was exposed to all kinds of childhood illnesses, has had fewer illnesses than my 9 lb full term daughter. I guess his immune system got quite a work out when he was an infant. Really, other than the occasional cold or seasonal allergy, both of them are pretty darn healthy. That's awesome about your son! For both of them actually! |
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Post by SabrinaP on Aug 4, 2014 22:00:36 GMT
My youngest has had tubes twice. Once at 6 months and the next at 2. He had monthly ear infections before tubes. He still gets an ear infection once or twice a year, but nothing like he used to. My oldest has never had an ear infection.
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Aug 4, 2014 22:13:46 GMT
My eldest had lots of ear infections. And whenever his fever from the ear infection shot up, he'd have a febrile seizure. It was a long hard haul until he got tubes. But he had to have three different sets of tubes until he finally outgrew the seizures.
Hope your little one feels better soon.
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Post by peasful1 on Aug 4, 2014 22:14:59 GMT
Only swimmer's ear. None of my three had run of the mill ear infections associated with childhood.
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Post by caro on Aug 4, 2014 23:01:33 GMT
My youngest had his first set of tubes at. 4 months old, his second set at 13 months then he out grew ear infections. My other 3 only had the occasional ear infection.
Hope your little one is better soon.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2014 23:04:47 GMT
None of my kids have ever had ear infections.
I feel for your little ones! I had an ear infection once when I was about 30 and it was the most painful thing I've ever experienced.
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Post by missfrenchjessica on Aug 4, 2014 23:23:16 GMT
My daughter would get ear infections as a baby but never displayed the common signs that indicate one. It was only after she hit a high fever and I took her in did I ever know she had an ear infection. I don't think the nurses believed me as I always got a "look" from them and felt incredibly guilty about my daughter being in pain and me not recognizing it. Thankfully, we did not need to go the tubes route with her. My boys, on the other hand, did not have ear infections. They did, however, end up in the hospital a week apart--both for pneumonia. That was loads of fun...  |
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Post by lumo on Aug 4, 2014 23:43:24 GMT
DD, 6, has never had one, knock on wood. No swimmer's ear either...she's been in lessons since she was 3. Not sure how we lucked out, but I'll take it.
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Post by cynipidae17 on Aug 5, 2014 0:35:19 GMT
My youngest has had nine ear infections, I think. We just started talking tubes and then she seemed to be outgrowing them. I think she has only had one in the last year (she is almost 2 1/2). She was a preemie and we have a family history of ear infections.
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Post by andreasmom on Aug 5, 2014 1:02:02 GMT
Oldest had them very often. Very. So often, all three of us felt it was a routine exercise we went through every couple of weeks. Youngest had the first one at age 6. She was in so much pain. we had already forgotten how bad it was. They have not had one in over a year.
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Post by ~Sherri~ on Aug 5, 2014 1:24:44 GMT
My sister had ear infections all the time when she was little. The dr's finally put tubes in her ears and no more infections!!! My oldest never had them but our youngest had ear infections a lot. When she had her last infection, the dr's were going to put tubes in if she had one more. And she never did.
My DGD rarely had ear infections but DGS has them often but not often enough to need tubes.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2014 2:00:54 GMT
DS got them a lot. He was in daycare from the age of 18 months to 4 years old. He had tubes twice. He was bottlefed.
DD has only had 1 her whole life. She was not in day care (I became a sahm when ds was 4). She was breastfed.
Don't know if it's just their different body make-up, daycare vs. home or bottle vs breast fed.
DS is 14 and still gets ear infections from time to time. Poor kid. They usually come out of nowhere for him too.
I NEVER had an ear infection as a kid. About 5 years ago, I started getting them every time I get a cold. Bah-humbug!
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