I see we are posting at about the same time...

Try and think of the types of things that make your son different, say, from other family members, from siblings, from schoolmates, from teammates. It is the unique things about him that will be most useful.

I tend to enquire deeply into the way the child approaches the world, for example, his attitudes and behaviors towards other people, his fears, his truly intense loves ("He simply cannot do without such and such") and his truly intense hates ("He will never allow his mom or dad to do such and such" or "He will always refuse such and such")...that sort of thing. Often parents find it useful to compare the child to a sibling, if there is one, or a close cousin, or another child the parents know well ("Unlike his sister/brother/cousin, he ...fill-in-the-blank...when he has a cold, or a behavior during a family dinner, or look for any examples of comparison where your son is or behaves or feels different).

The other thing you want to observe and look for is if there is anything unexpected. One example is the child who gets quite hot and overheated during play but yet he wants a hot drink!! I am only giving this as an example of a unique point that can provide an important clue about the right homeopathic remedy. The idea is to look for anything that is OPPOSITE TO WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT, GIVEN THE SITUATION AT HAND.

As far as his current illness of strep and etc, you want to report on the things that make him feel better, AND the things that you know make him feel distinctly worse. For example, "I have observed that his sore throat is worse or cannot tolerate fill-in-the-blank." Do the same for anything that is especially making him feel better.

Also, how does he act when in pain?? Calm, irritable, sleepy, sleepless...etc etc. If he is irritable, what does he require from you?? For example, does he calm down only if left by himself, or must you be sitting beside him, or carrying him, or whatever...

Try to think of ALL his years, what he has been like since a baby, when you address all these points. Perhaps you may see that what calmed or made him better or worse during babyhood are the same unique things that make him better or worse today. This will be good information, if you have happened to observe it.