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Butt Mud Liam

The boys are almost two months old now and I thought we would be lucky enough not to have any run-ins with illnesses since they got off the oxygen. The lucky streak is over. Both boys have thrush and ear infections, which is supposedly quite common for infants under a year old. They were almost sleeping through the night until they got the ear infections and thrush. It seems like we are back at square one for a little while. They were put on an antibiotic called nystatin. The thrush and ear infections are gone, but another horrendous problem has come from this devil antibiotic. They have never been colicky or gassy giants, until now. I've never gone through so many burp cloths and diapers. I'm starting to wonder if my purpose in life will ever go beyond cleaning diarrhea and vomit off the boys and their clothes. They are miserable and their tummies rumble all the time. Without doctor consultation I stopped the antibiotic and used something more natural to help the thrush. Unf