Quite possibly neurotic. It wouldnt have been the first time.
I'll make it as short as possible with all the facts.
Baby 7 months old, breastfed (not sure that makes any difference though) numerous health problems that are currently under control for now.
Except hes had ear pain for nearly 2 months now. We've seen 6 different GP's all of which say the same thing, its red and inflamed. It burst about to weels back and some awful stuff came out. I was hoping that'd be the end.
Ive had a 3 week long ear infection that Im struggling to get rid of so went to the GP myself and they saw him too. I explained the ear pain, how he cant sleep at night as its worse (even if not laid flat) wakes a LOT (every 15-20 mins yanking at his ears in his sleep). One ear 'looks fine' the other has 'fluid in the middle ear'. This could be infection or fluid from a virus/cold.
Given antibiotics (again) day 5 so far no different (tbh if he has the same ear infection as me they wouldnt help wrong bacteria) so we're managing the pain
Except, that wasnt working well. Hes a very big baby the weight of an average 2 year old (at 50th centile, hes at 99th) so for his weight they say he can have up to 7.5mls of neurofen. No wonder 2.5mls I was giving didnt work.
So now at night I give him calpol twice and 5mls neuro once to see him through.
It works, he sleeps well (until the meds wear off the difference is clear). I thought it might be placebo so gave him 1ml last night no such luck.
Thing is, hes been having pain relief most days (with a week break, probably not a full one) for nearly 2 months and now Ive upped his neurofen. And hes on antibiotics.
My worry is, he is the weight of a 2 year old but has a functioning liver of a 7 month old.
All these meds seem like a lot to me, for too long. Ive been to the GP so many times, hes being referred to a paed for other health reasons (serious, mulitple food allergies) so I can mention to them but I doubt it would change much.
Am I BU to be worrying over this??