1st ear infection

I am so happy to say my kids have never needed a "sick" visit to the doctor. Of course they've had illnesses, but I am certainly not one to rush into the pediatricians office for every fever, cold, rash etc. That's just not me and I have such a high belief that our bodies are meant to fight infection without medicine.

My 3 year old daughter started a preschool program and in the past few weeks she has certainly picked up coughs, runny noses, and a fever. Poor baby :( I've been using my favorite homeopathic remedies for all of her symptoms. Two days ago, she all of the sudden started crying and was extremely upset wanted to be held. She told me her ear hurt and she certainly had a fever. I have an otoscope which I love... I looked into her ear and it definitely did not look good :( That whole day she was lethargic, no appetite, complained her ear hurt, and had a fever around 101 or 102. I gave her belladonna, aconitum, pulsatilla, and chamomile. I also did give her some motrin before bedtime to help with the pain. On Thursday she was back to her normal self... no fever, no lethargy, great appetite. Today is Friday and she's completely normal and says her ear feels better. HOWEVER, she has brownish wax coming from her ear... not pouring out, but I can visibly see it and clean it with a Qtip. I do suspect a ruptured eardrum from everything I have researched, so I called our pediatrician. She did not seem overly alarmed, but did want me to bring her in today to take a look. Against her recommendation, I cancelled the appt this morning. She is acting fine and says it doesn't hurt anymore. From the reading I've done, in almost ALL cases ruptured eardrums will heal themselves without antibiotics and if she isn't showing signs of infection (fever, lethargy, no appetite) then most likely her body is doing just what it's supposed to do! The only thing I cannot seem to find a definite answer on is whether or not I can continue using the ear oil so I'm holding off on that right now. Today I've given her 2 doses of belladonna, pulsatilla, aconitum, chamomile, and allium cepa. I'm making sure she eats a healthy diet (low sugar & low dairy) and drinks plenty of water... she does not like the zinc tablets and I really wish she did... it's a mix of zinc, echinachea & olive leaf. Maybe I could crush it into her food?

Anyway, I'm curious to see how her body does in the next 2 days... if she still has brown wax on Monday we will be headed into the pediatrician. Please know that I am doing what I think is best for my child... if she were acting sick with a continued fever I would have certainly brought her into the doctor today.

Homeopathic remedies I've been trying

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So I've really been experimenting with some homeopathic remedies in our family. Here are few that I've tried and what I thought about them.

Hyland's Aconitum
Recommended for coughing (croup specifically). While we were on Xmas vacation my 1 year old came down with a dry cough. I really liked the results of the aconitum at night. She hardly coughed at all.

Hyland's pulsatilla
Recommended for "clinginess" in cranky or sick toddlers or babies. UMMM , Wow. It works. I'm totally sold on it. It worked GREAT with my 1 year teething w/ her molars and works great for my 2 year old emotional one.

Hyland's chamomille
Recommended as a calming aid and also for teething babies. I sure do miss Hyland's teething tablets, but the chamomille seems to work pretty well for teething and for mood. I like it :)

Hyland's Allium Cepa
Recommended for sinuses & runny nose-- Tried it on my husband and my daughter... did not notice any change when they took it.

Hyland's Sinus
Used it this week when my 2 yr old was getting a cold. It never turned into a full blown cold and the "snot" was very minimal. I like this stuff.

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