Life with the Lin Family

I know all kids get sick, but I have prided myself on providing my son with the best start I could offer him in building a strong immune system. When the time came that he did get sick I wanted his body to be able to fight so that I would not need to give him antibiotics or other meds. Breastfeeding was obviously a huge part of that, but also giving him all organic products, probiotics and being fairly germ conscious and avoiding sick people.

That being said Carter had 9 months to prepare for yesterday’s battle. He woke up yesterday morning with a fever of 102 degrees. He is such a content baby that I would not have known he was even sick if he hadn’t felt so warm. I took him to the pediatrician and he said he had infections in both ears. This made sense considering he had been pulling at his ears for a few days. The pediatrician said he needed an antibiotic to fight the infection, a regimen of Tylenol and Motrin to control his high fever and pedialyte to hydrate him. I listened and told the Dr. my usual “I need to research it first” answer which I know he expected. I have a pretty good relationship with his pediatrician. He knows my views on medication and vaccines and he knows his role in Carter’s healthcare is pretty much for diagnosis and check up purposes :0)

I knew what my Mommy instincts were telling me but I needed to get home to the computer to do the research to confirm it. Before the skeptics label me a neglectful Mom I will add that I did stop and buy the Tylenol and Motrin in case I couldn’t control his fever naturally and I did take the written perscription in case things took a drastic turn over the weekend. After doing the research I came up with the following regimen…

For Fever:
prayer
belladonna 30c-homeopathic plant remedy
luke warm baths
Recharge electrolyte water-pedialyte is full of simple sugars which hinder the immune system

For Infection:
prayer
St. John’s Wort garlic mullein oil- I now swear by this herbal! Every Mom should have it in the medicine cabinet.
increased probiotics

For Drainage/Circulation:
prayer
chiropractic adjustment last night (his sacral was misaligned which aids in sinus and ear drainage)
sock therapy- pulls the red blood cells from the head to the feet to promote circulation
lymphnode massages- behind lobes, down neck and along collar bone
homemade saline nasal rinse- water, baking soda and non-iodized salt
 
For Pain:
prayer
Warm compresses against ears

By early evening he was really starting to scare me. His fever was spiking at over 103 and he was completely lathargic. When I would undress him to put him in the bath he would tremble all over and scream. I admit I got very close to giving him the Tylenol, but followed my gut. It was a long night of therapies and baths and nursing and ear drops but at 6am his fever was completely broken and with NO MEDS!!! I was beyond thrilled. The pediatrician said it could take days to get his high fever under control with the meds and in 1 day it was under control with no meds! He woke up for the day at 9:30 and he has been 1 million percent better! Playful and happy and hasn’t reached for his ears once. His temps have been at or just below 98.6 all day. How awesome is that?!

I am on a “natural baby care high”. It is such an empowering feeling to be able to aid my seemingly helpless little baby in healing himself naturally. His body with help from above healed itself just like God created it to do. During my research I found a book called “No more Amoxicilin” that I have ordered. I am looking forward to reading it. I am truly inspired.

Ok, so I know a ridiculous amount of time has passed since I have checked in. What can I say? Ok nothing you’re right so I won’t make excuses I will just try to do better.

Everything has been very well in the Lin household. Carter is still an amazing, wonderful, fantastic little addition! Everyday he brings more joy than the last. I know blah, blah, blah, but I really mean it. We can take him anywhere and we do take him everywhere with us. He is such a mild-tempered and easy going baby and we are so blessed!

Here’s a quick catch up…

November: We took Carter for his first trip down to California. He did amazing! Not a single peep on the flight there or back. He got to meet all of his family and our friends and even his 1 week old cousin Jeffrey. He met over 50 new faces on that trip and every single person was greeted with a smile. It was alot of fun. The day after we got home he sat up alone. The following day he stood for the first time holding onto the ottoman. We found out at the end of November that Darrel and Julie were selected by a birth mom and would be bringing home Carter a new friend at the end of February. God is so good!

December: December was a very exciting time. Carter got his first tooth (now he has 8!), saw his first snow, touched his first Christmas tree and got his first gift from Santa. It was very neat for the whole family to finally have a baby here for the holidays. We also had our in laws in for Christmas so Carter was able to share his first Christmas with his big cousin Alex and baby cousin Jeffrey. Grandpa also taught Carter how to wave “hello” this month.

January: This month Carter has been rolling from one side of the room to the other. His favorite means of transportation though is holding onto any willing participants fingers so the he can do laps around the room. Everyone still agrees it looks as though he will be skipping the crawling and going straight to walking. Grandma says it’s because he is always in someones arms and never down long enough to learn to crawl, oops :0) This month we also found out that Carter will be getting a new baby cousin this September thanks to Aunt Christine and Uncle Tom! We are all very excited! Just another wonderful piece to the Idaho puzzle that has come together so perfectly :0)