Today is a rough day as my big boy was sent home from daycare with a fever yesterday. This always means twenty-four hours (at least) hiatus from school for him as he gets rid of whatever cooties he's got. The cootie culprit this time happens to be (drum roll please).....an ear infection. The resolution to our conundrum-Amoxicillin. Now if you have ever had Amoxicillin, you would know that it's this dreamy, strawberry-flavored, yumminess. That's to the normal kiddo or person, but my child is far from normal. He's not one to take medicine easily. In fact, as a tiny bambino until about 14 months, he was an amazingly happy kiddo who would be happy to take any kind of tasty medicine you shoved down his throat. Nowadays though, he is a raging bull, an octopus with flailing tentacles, a rabid dog out for the kill (well maybe not a kill)......he's utterly cray cray when it comes time for medicine.
In the past twenty-four hours, I've tried putting it in apple sauce, chocolate milk, water, Gatorade, pudding, and the worst was in his mouth. Okay, well maybe the mouth part was both my big handsome hubby and I. We laid our big boy down across his lap on top of a pillow and the hubby secured his flailing arms while I secured his handsome head. Well at least, I tried to. We carefully squirted the Bubble Yum Gum pink looking liquid in between his teeth and cheek and he erupted like a geyser every time. Even with the infamous "blow into his nose" and "pinch his nose," our big boy still spit the liquid out like a batter spits out sunflower seeds. Therefore, he has barely had much of his 1 and 1/4 tablespoons of medicine he's supposed to have twice daily. Wish me luck, because today, this craziness makes my heart hurt for him and truly makes me wanna jump. Send help, puhhhhllllleeeeessseeee (and a glass of wine)!
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