Pill Popper

I am afraid my little Ashton is following in the footsteps of his big brother, in that he has very bad allergies.  Caden has been on Zyrtec forever.  Change of weather/seasons are the worst.  He constantly has a runny nose.  Last Friday we had a park playdate and since we have been home, Ashton has been snotty.  I do not know what is in the air right now, but I am convinced that Ashton is probably allergic or sensitive to it.  I had been putting saline and bulb syringing his nose.  He never had a fever but was just not himself and had a hard time breathing and eating at the same time.  Ashton also had his second dose of his flu vaccine this morning, after I made sure his symptoms weren't contraindicated.  The nurse told me to use a different kind of nose drops with a decongestant in them and to not worry about it unless it persisted into an infection of some sort.  The past few days I have been trying different medicines.  Ashton has gotten Tylenol, Ibuprofen, and Benadryl.  I have noticed Tylenol helps and Ibuprofen makes him wired.  Benadryl makes him even more spit-upy (yes that is my word) than normal, so it probably won't be tried again.  What I have noticed about all three medicines is that Ashton loves medicine.  He sees the syringe and goes crazy!  He holds it in his mouth afterwards and cries for more!  I think I may have the starts of an addict on my hands! :)  It is so funny to watch him.  This blog really sounds like I drug my child.  However, I don't normally give him any medicine and this has all been over the past week.  I am just hoping the nose drops help loosen everything and he can get better, he sounds so pitiful sleeping right now.  Post and Carry on with the rest of your day.