Nathanial's First Ear Infection

Today was interesting...

The morning started off wonderfully. Nathanial woke up about 7:30 am, took a bottle, played in the floor for a bit, cozied with his mommy in bed for a bit, at a few bites of YoBaby and then at 10:00 am went down for a nap.

Fast forward to 11:30...

He wakes up a bit fussy. I try to give him a bottle. No go. I'm thinking, well, it's close to lunch time, we'll try some food. Not working. By this time it is about 12:15. Fussiness escalates into a full wail and I know that there is something wrong. Knowing that I need to get him pacified before I start calling the doctor, I get out my arsenal:

• Mylecon
• Orajel
• Tylenol
• Little Noses Saline
• An aspirator

We go through the process of sucking out the nose, numbing the gums, soothing the gassy tummy, and finally doing and overall pain reducer with the Tylenol. To no avail. He screams until his face is blotchy and wet with tears.

Finally, at around 1:45 he goes down for a nap. I start calling the doctor, not realizing they turn their phones off from 1:00-2:00. I keep calling and keep calling. Finally, at 2:15, I reach them and set up an appointment. Nathanial slept until about 2:30 in my bed, cozied up to his mommy.

When he woke up, he was in better spirits and hungry! He downed half a jar (small jar) of carrots and half a jar of pears (another small jar), as well as about 2 ounces of formula.

We went to the doctor's office which looked like it was holding an open house with all of the cars! We waited and waited and were finally called. Nathanial was weighted (19 lbs 7 oz!!!) and we waited and waited and waited some more.

Our normal doctor was behind and so we saw someone different, which was fine. I ended up really liking her. She diagnosed my little man with an ear infection in about 1 minute and prescribed that lovely pink stuff that sends me sentimentally back to elementary school.

So, Nathanial is now sleeping. We've started him on his antibiotic and pumped him full of Tylenol. We'll see how the night goes! It's hard watching your baby suffer for 2 hours straight. Ugh.