question about pink eye

crazynervous

I think my DS might have pink eye.  I gave him some benadryl tonight just in case it is allergies (not a lot of goop yet) but I am guessing we will know for  sure in the morning.  Anyway, do you have any tips for putting in eyedrops if he does have pink eye?

jettagurl

I scared him into it..lol.  I told DS1 if he didn't let me do it he'd have to go to the dr so they could do it.   I know, horrible, but it works for him. 

FWIW, we had the viral pink eye and it went thru all 4 kids in 4 days...not to horrible, and didn't really affect them in terms of activity.  

 

crazynervous

huh there are two different kinds? off to google

Rebekah1021

DH and I basically had to pin her down to get the drops in her eyes. We also had to do sneak attacks on her too.

LanaM

Ethan was two when he had it and I had him on the highchair, leaned all the way back, I stood behind him and put the drops into his eyes. He did not even wimper. You can also do it with the kids eyes closed and put the drops in the corner and once they open their eyes, the drops should go inside the eye.

hcmamm1

I have my ds lay on the bed with his eyes closed. I put a drop in the corner of his eye and then when he opens it, it goes right in the eye.

jettagurl

crazynervous:

huh there are two different kinds? off to google

Viral and bacterial.  As soon as I noticed something with DS1, I took him to the pedi to try to prevent the other kids from getting it.  We got an antibiotic...which will keep him from being contagious after 24 hrs and symptom relief after 48 hrs.  If something else happened (different time frames) then we knew it was viral.  So....we started that antibiotic right away and he was symptom free in 12 hrs.....(but viral can be contagious up to 2 weeks or more)..so all the kids got it and it moved quick...like I said all 4 were over it in 4 days.