The week started out with Delaney getting a drippy nose on Monday evening, followed by a cough. She didn't feel well and that was clear. She continued pulling at her ears although last Sat. was the last day of a 10 day round of antibiotics from an ear infection. David Paul had also finished his antibiotics on Saturday. By Tuesday evening David Paul was starting to feel crummy and got the runny nose syndrome. Neither baby slept well that night. Wednesday was followed by increasing coughing from Delaney and David Paul pulling at his ears. I KNEW he still had an ear infection. No one slept great Wednesday night. By this morning DP was looking quite ill. He had those "sick eyes" and was very unhappy in general. He did not want me to hold him or set him down! We went to the Dr. at 1145 for a follow up. Fortunately Delaney only has allergies and fluid in both ears. The Dr. started Claritin because she has previously taken Zyrtec without relief. This should help relieve the fluid but we will recheck at the 12 month appt on June 2nd. David Paul however, has massive ear infections in both ears! This has been the SAME chronic ear infection he has had since the first week in April. He started the 4th round of antibiotics and has been ordered for a consult with Dr. Guy, an ENT, for tube placement. I will be glad to get that done and over with. As we were leaving the office I checked his temp because he was burning up...99.6. Sure enough! We got home and he ate some fruit then crashed after taking the meds. When he finally woke up around 4pm he was on fire! I had left him in a diaper only since he went to sleep with a fever so you can imagine my shock to find him so hot in only a diaper. He was 101.3 AHHH! I gave him more Tylenol, some Pedialyte, and put a cool wet cloth on him to help bring the fever down. Then he fell asleep again until 7pm. This time he awoke fever-free. I still gave him Ibuprofen though because he acted in pain. He went back to sleep at 8:45p and it is 11:45p and he has since been up 2 other times. Lets all hope for a restful night for ALL 4 of us! Sadly, we will have to miss our playdate tomorrow due to this illness but we have to get these babies well before their birthday next week!
In other news, Stonyfield Organic makes THE BEST Cream On Top yogurt I have ever tasted. Right now Reasor's has the individual yogurts on sale for only $0.89 each. There is a very delicious one called Chocolate Underground that you must try!!! Yes, they are the same ones that make Yo Baby which my kids LOVE the banana one and I like to eat the cream off the top of it too :-)
Other cool products I discovered tonight are the MIO Paper Towels (Made in Oklahoma) and a % of the sales goes to feed hungry children in Oklahoma. When comparing these paper towels to our usual Bounty Basics I noticed a HUGE difference: MIO is 100 sheets of 2-ply per roll and BB is 48 sheets of 1-ply. Seems the MIO paper towels would last longer. Sparkle comes in at 54 sheets of 2 ply per roll. Check out these cool paper towels and help support Oklahoma while also helping our children!
( I will be doing a "Products I Like" each week as I try out new things that are either good for me, good for the environment, or both so check back often to see my new product picks!)
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