Ear Infections...

I REALLY DON'T LIKE THEM!!! My poor baby has her first ear infection. We noticed that she really wasn't being herself - she wasn't eating! That is not like you. Those of you who have seen her eat know what I am talking about. Anyways - she had a slight fever (99*) when I took her to school yesterday morning. To be honest, I was kind of waiting on a phone call all day to come get her. They didn't, but when I got there to pick her up, she was just sitting in the swing staring into space. Usually when she sees me she gets a big smile on her face...but she didn't. It was almost like I was invisible. So of course I went straight to her and her poor little eyes were all glazed over and she felt so warm. So I went ahead and took her temp and it was 100*. We got home and all she wanted you to do was hold her. I gave her some motrin (works wonders) and she finally got down and played with her toys a little bit in the floor. She still didn't want to eat...no food, no formula, no juice, no water. Now I was really getting concerned. I gave her a bath in her new little ducky bath tub and she had a good time. But she was ready to get out pretty quick. So I got her pj's on her and put her in bed.

About 12am she wakes up crying - and I mean crying hard. So I go running in there and it feels like she is on fire!!! I took her temp and it was 103* and thank goodness it was time for motrin again. Needless to say, she stayed in our bed the rest of the night. She was up every couple of hours. Finally, I got up at 6am this morning (motrin time again) and got ready and headed to the doctors office with her. What it boiled down to was her having an ear infection...my poor little angel.

Oh yeah...while we were there and she was already mad because Nurse Leslie was already digging in her ears - we went ahead and got the flu shot. I know, I know...bad mom!