Ear infection

Poor Erin has not been sleeping well all week. We blamed it first on the time change, then on her new big-girl teeth that are coming in, but last night she started having a fever and I noticed some yucky yellow stuff in one of her ears. So we called the pediatrician this morning and Bob got to take her in while I went to my OB appointment. Apparently one of the times she scratched her ears, it got infected, so she has middle ear infections in both ears, kind of like swimmer's ear. The doctor said it is painful, but her eardrums look good, which is a relief.

It's super sad - she does pretty well most of the time, just is more tired than normal because of not sleeping well. Oh, and we can't even think about going near her ears with fingers, washcloths, or bathwater! She even screamed when water ran down behind her ears when I washed her hair last night. She's got amoxicillin and antibiotic ear drops (ofloxacin), and they said to give her tylenol for pain and if her fever comes back.

Now I feel bad for trying to take her to get her pictures taken yesterday...no wonder it was a big disaster! We'll try again in a couple of weeks.

Here's a picture of her favorite new trick - walking on her knees!