Ear infection and food rejection

Have you tried applesauce or yogurt? Plain goldfish?

How long can we go with these options? @Quinn

@Pri how long has he not been eating? If it's been days I would seek medical attention. But if he hasn't eaten all day I would just try things easy on the stomach. Toast with butter, oatmeal, scrammed egg ect

He would eat a couple spoons of oats or whole banana, but definitely not a balanced diet, he is been doing this since he had fever first so 3 days

@Pri hmm okay, is the fever gone? I feel like a few days of an unbalanced diet is okay. But I understand how you are feeling

We are dealing with an ear infection too. My Lo is surviving on yogurt and fruit. This is our third ear infection and she is almost 2. Once she starts feeling better her appetite generally picks back up. I wouldn’t worry too much unless it continues for a long period of time.

So yogurt and fruit generally for how many days @Courtney

We had back to back ear infections this time around. So it’s hard to say this time but I would say the first time it probably lasted 3-4 days. Yogurt is always a good option especially when on antibiotics. It helps put the good bacteria back in. I still offer other foods like I normally would. We are on day 2 of antibiotics and she at 2 small bites of chicken at lunch just not a large amount of anything right now

I think if he’s sick and eating anything, you shouldn’t worry. My daughter was really sick a few weeks ago and pretty much just wanted cereal and pasta but she was drinking lots of coconut water and orange juice and once she felt better went back to eating normally

@Courtney does she have cough /mucus too? Doing anything for that?

Mine doesn’t eat well when she’s sick either. It’s completely normal. Give him whatever he will eat. His appetite will go back to normal.

Yes, she has a very nasty sounding cough and congestion. I haven’t really been doing too much. I have the oilogic vapor bath that I put in the bath water at bath time. It really seems to help. It is all natural made from essential oils. Generally you don’t want to use cough medicines because the coughs help with clearing. Her cough definitely sounds wet so I think there is definitely a lot of mucous in there.

So reassuring, i am just concerned about the cough not aggravating due to banana and coconut water because thats all he has

Love you all the ladies @Quinn @Courtney @Jess @Samyra

Yes we just got over an ear infection. Having an appetite was a sign she was feeling better. Remember ear infections also can make their mouth and throat hurt as they're all connected which makes eating not fun. We did a lot of softer foods to make it easier to swallow and not hurt. Doctors get more worried if they don't drink rather than not eat.