As many of you know, nursing my babies has been a struggle more often than not. Things have been up and down with Hannah, but we were doing okay. Well, for about two weeks now, she has been nursing terribly. She got to the point where she would only nurse if I put her to sleep or almost to sleep first. Or stood to nurse her (not terribly comfortable at her size!), or sometimes both. It was getting really bad. I cried, I prayed, I trusted God, I cried, I prayed, I stressed...
Last week at our small group, my friend who's a nurse suggested I take her to the Dr. to see if she has an ear infection. I thought that was a pretty long shot since she had no other symptoms. But, if this kept up, I was going to have to wean her, and I thought I might as well get her checked before I did that. I didn't have time to take her in right away, so on Friday I put olive oil in her ears - my standard treatment for earaches. She nursed like a trooper that day and I was so excited. But the next day she was back to her weird ways, but not quite as severely as before. So, yesterday morning I braved the walk-in clinic and took her in.
Guess what!?! She has an ear infection! I was floored. And so thankful! There's actually something wrong that we can do something about!! So, for the first time in my life, I'm putting my child on antibiotics for an ear infection. She's already doing some better. Thank you, Jesus!!! I talked to a friend today who said to put onion juice in her ears. Huh! I might try that to for good measure.
Just had to share my happiness with you all!
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that's great! here's to many more months of happy nursing!
I'm so happy for you! Both!
Hooray for ear infections... or something like that.
Or you can use olive oil and fresh garlic. :o) Use about 1/4 c. olive oil and (I use a garlic press for this) crush several cloves of garlic. Let the garlic sit in the oil for several hours. Strain the garlic out and put several drops of the garlic oil in the infected ear(s). Out of five children, Emmy is the only one who's ever had antibiotics for an ear infection. But please, no pressure from me. You have to do what works best for you!! Thought you might want the recipe for another time. . . :o)
i wish i had tried the garlic and/or onion first... i did use plain olive oil and it helped a little but not enough. i'm going to try it anyway now - and i added onion to the olive oil for good measure. but, do you think i should go ahead and finish the antibiotics since i started them? (i hate antibiotices!)
i would strongly encourage you to finish the antibiotics now that you've started them. we have had problems with recurring infections if you start and don't finish. just my opinion. :)
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