The kids got pink eye. It happens. They are both in school and the kids pass it around. No biggie, I had pink eye as a kid - a few times. I remember having this icky ointment that they had to rub on my eyelid and missing school. I liked school but I also loved staying home on sick days because it meant getting my parent (or a babysitter) all to myself.
But, both my kids have pink eye. So they get to stay home from school together. The upside is not having to wake up at the crack of dawn for the 7:00 hour bus time. The downside is that they will fight, a lot. They both love to have my sole attention and there is only 1 one me.
My daughter has the pink eye worse than my son (right now). So, the doctor prescribed expensive eye drops that I get the treat of putting in their eyes 3 times a day for the next 7 days. That's a whole lotta droppin' goin' on.
We started immediately so that they are able to return to school by the end of the week per the doctor's instructions.
My 7 year old son went first. He flipped out before the dropper bottle was even out of the box. Runs right up to the box and says "I DO NOT WANT VIGAMOX!" Sorry kid, not up to you. We try to give it to him in the kitchen he flips out but bargains that he will take it in the living room. My husband held him down and I got the dropper duty. Tag Team. My son kicked (me), squirmed and managed to evade the dropper. He figured out that he could reach out and try to push my hand (that held the dropper) in an attempt for me to squeeze the dropper out so none managed to get in his eye. At $40 a tiny bottle I was having no part of that. My husband had to hold him down while I had to straddle the 2 of them and pry it into his eye. He cried for a minute and then was fine. I'm hoping it gets easier over the next 21 times I get to do this. Giving medication to a non-compliant child who has Autism is so not my idea of 'fun'.
After washing my own hands 50 times it was time for "the other kid". Oh Lucky me.
My 3 year old (neurotypical) daughter, who is usually (always) the cry-baby went next. After seeing her brother pitch a fit I was certain that they'd hear her wailing as far as the next county, maybe even the next state. See, I had no faith in her. I went to get her vial (still sealed) and it was out of the box. I was all ready to accuse her of hiding it when my husband announced she has it and is ready. I came in, took the vial from her and opened it. She then laid down willingly on the floor in front of me where I effortly dropped the medication into her eye. No tears. No kicking. No screaming. She stood up and asked if her eye was 'back to blue'. Her motivation, she absolutely does not want to miss out on seeing her friends at preschool - which she will at least until Thursday.
1 dose down and 20 to go X 2 kids.
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Good post..I remember those days. Welcome to the SVMoms! I write for the 50-something site and for my blog, "TangerineTimes" where I write about life with teenagers. I look forward to reading your contributions.
Oh, I feel for you! Some of these medicines are a real pain to give, aren't they? It's tough. Especially with 2 kids, b/c then (in my family) one feeds off the other. I hope the pink eye goes away quickly and that you don't get it!
Oh, I feel for you! Some of these medicines are a real pain to give, aren't they? It's tough. Especially with 2 kids, b/c then (in my family) one feeds off the other. I hope the pink eye goes away quickly and that you don't get it!
I'm surprised my boys still have eyeballs. I was terrible at dosing them with pinkeye drops. I would sit on them, tell them to close their eyes, flood their long eyelashes with drops, and have them open and blink their eyes before I'd get off of them (eventually, they had to open their eyes). I have no idea how close I ever got to the right dose, but somehow the pinkeye always went away.
In other words, do your best but don't fret. If my boys can still see, your kids will survive the ravages of pinkeye too! And so will you.
Oh, yuck. We're just passing a cold around our family right now. I guess it's that time of year. Again.
Good Luck to you! Maybe next time won't be so as bad for Alex since he knows what to expect, and maybe, if you’re lucky, the sibling rivalry will work in your favor this time and Alex won't want his little sister to show him up :0) We have so many Tylenol and amoxicillin stains around our house it’s a wonder Frog has gotten any medication in him.
You forgot to mention that I had to wrap my arms and legs around him like an octopus eating its prey and then tweak his eyeball open.
I had pink eye after high school years and was working as a waitress at Union Hotel in Flemington at the time.
I would not be able to put eye drops in either of my kids, my hands would probably shake, would need to get neighbor to assist me. Yikes both kids home together is never fun.
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