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

For Infection:
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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:
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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:
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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.