Thursday, August 28, 2008

Possible Pink Eye?

Well, Seth has possible pink eye, so the doctor called in some eye drops for him yesterday. Not that I have had that much experience with children before Seth, but from what I have seen and heard, I have never in my life experienced a child so willing to take meds! He is ALWAYS snotty and congested due to the "Daycare Drips", so on the days where he is very snotty, I give him a decongestant medicine that his doc prescribes for him. I swear, he thinks it's candy! It's never a struggle and he just opens wide and swallows and many times wants more. Well last night I was to give him his first dose of eyedrops and I dreaded it so much because I was sure he would put up a big fight. Actually, I held him in my arms and said, "Look Seth!". He would look up at the eye drops and I would squeeze a drop in his eye for a total of 2 drops per eye. Everytime the medicine hit his eye he started laughing! I then laughed with him so he would think it was a game, so he just kept laughing every time. After we were done giving him the drops, he kept doing the sign for "more" and saying "more" over and over. How easy was that! He loves water and recently discovered the sprinklers (which he had a ball playing in the other night). He loves to splash, so I think he thought the eye drops were just water. I can only hope it will always be this easy.

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