Handle with care!
Our boys seem to have fallen in love with their travel pillows and insist on sleeping with them. I found our youngest one fast asleep with his gazillion toys and his handle with care pillow and it made me stop and think.
We’ve been really busy with loads of outdoor activities and adventures this summer. In fact, that is no change from any standard weekend and whilst I am thinking of it, a standard school week too!
The boys have been at a tennis camp this week, with the youngest going for 45 mins in the morning and the oldest for 3 hours in the afternoon (yes…3 hours and apparently that is still not enough according to him!)
Our youngest son has insisted on staying on to watch the older children for their 3 hours and then afterwards we have had a run around our local heath and flown kites. He is really good at sending his own kite to the skies and then casually lying down on the ground to watch it whilst he is flying it.
But, in all of the action, he has had a cough for a few weeks. Not one that keeps him awake at night but when he does cough it hasn’t sounded brilliant (what cough does!) So, I decided to get it checked out as he had had enough time to get rid of it. I also knew that the doc would listen and say it’s all clear when I know that it really isn’t.
We went to tennis and straight from there to the Docs and sure enough, we were told his chest was clear (surprise surprise as it wasn’t our usual Dr who knows our boys so well) but I had also mentioned that I was concerned about his ears.
Sure enough, the doc checked one out and it was fine but the other ear was red. Very red. I asked our youngest if his ear was sore at all and he said ‘No’. So we thanked the Doc and went to get the antibiotics.
This is the part where the ‘handle with care’ made me think. Ear infections are pretty sore and so we have been playing tennis, cycling, bouncing, discovering and he hasn’t complained once of his cough nor his ear. He has a super high pain threshold and of course doesn’t want to miss out on anything, yet he clearly must have been feeling under the weather.
Glad it’s not bothering him but hope he’s better soon. Ear infections always sound really horrid x
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Thankfully it’s not but he’s had a time with his ears and I wouldn’t expect one in the summer 🙁 x
Coughs are nasty things aren’t they. Glad it hasn’t stopped everyone from enjoying themselves though.
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Definitely hasn’t stopped him at all Iona – he is such a tough cookie x
Awh poor thing ear infections are miserable, but at least it didn’t stop him from doing all the things he loves. Hope he’s better soon, then he can pack even more into his days!
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Haha Tina – no stopping him at the moment and it feels like we haven’t done all the things they have wanted to in the holidays yet x
My friends’ boy used to get recurring ear infections, and got to the point where antibiotics weren’t touching them. She read somewhere that onion juice works wonders (peel an onion and put it through a blender, then pass through a sieve to make juice) you pour it into the ear and leave it overnight. Since doing this he has never had another one! #magicmoments
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That sounds like something worth remembering. Our eldest son was permanently on antibiotics for them as he had 23 burst ear drums and our youngest, whilst hasn’t had the perforations, has had a couple of infections. Both of them have had grommets. Thanks for the tip!
Poor thing! Well done to you for getting it checked, but fair play to him for soldiering on! Obviously too much fun stuff going on for him to be ill.
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All better now thanks Sarah – and he still hasn’t stopped this week lol!
It’s good that it hasn’t bothered him, but distraction is often the best thing when you are under the weather and he’s had plenty of that by the sounds of it.
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He has quite a high pain threshold, which is something I need to be mindful of. He all good now and the full steam ahead shows signs of picking up 😉
Oh, bless him, poor thing. As you say, he just got on with it though. Hope it clears soon x
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Thanks Jo, I mainly took him for his cough which has now gone.
Oh, bless him! Ear infections are nasty, I’m surprised he hasn’t been complaining. Good for him! My 5yo has had one and ended up in the ER and the 2yo has now had two… Hoping we’ve seen the back of them…
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Eeek! The ER – sounds like it was pretty bad! The going rate in the UK for being officially referred to an ENT is 6 incidents in 1 year (I think) and then it’s at least a 6-8 week wait before getting the letter for an appointment.x
Oh bless him, hope he’s feeling better soon. Brave boy. #magicmoments
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Thank you – fingers crossed that is his allocation for the rest of the year 😉
awww bless him what a hero! .. hope he has fully recovered now!
Thanks for linking up with #MagicMoments (sorry i am late to pop over)
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No Problems on the late pop – over ! Thanks for stopping by! He’s better now thanks x