Two times the fun
If you had "double ear infection" in the Guess Emmie's Ailment pool, you are the big winner. Your prize will be waiting for you in your mailbox real soon. Just after I get over the Mommy Guilt.
She definitely was batting at the back of her head and her ears this weekend, but I figured she was rocking to some weird beat and gettin' down in her wee little way. She was waking up multiple times per night, but I figured she was just being needy. Her father insisted we make her cry it out, although I only made her cry a few times before I finally went in and rescued her. She was inconsolable and crabby, but I figured she was just pissy that I wasn't spending more time with her because I was busy. Her nose has been running like a faucet, but I figured she just had a cold.
Mother of the Year nominees, the line forms to the rear.
The doctor said her rash might not be related to the ear infection, it might just be a weird way her body is responding to the fever. And the great news is that if the ear infection is viral, not bacterial, then the other child is probably going to get it too! Since we're T-minus two days to Thanksgiving and lots of travel, I would put my money on Jack coming down with it, oh, about 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
For now, the Emmie gets lots of hugs and spoiling and two doses of antibiotic per day for 10 days. And a pony. And her own phone in her room. And a car. That Mommy Guilt is a powerful thing.
She definitely was batting at the back of her head and her ears this weekend, but I figured she was rocking to some weird beat and gettin' down in her wee little way. She was waking up multiple times per night, but I figured she was just being needy. Her father insisted we make her cry it out, although I only made her cry a few times before I finally went in and rescued her. She was inconsolable and crabby, but I figured she was just pissy that I wasn't spending more time with her because I was busy. Her nose has been running like a faucet, but I figured she just had a cold.
Mother of the Year nominees, the line forms to the rear.
The doctor said her rash might not be related to the ear infection, it might just be a weird way her body is responding to the fever. And the great news is that if the ear infection is viral, not bacterial, then the other child is probably going to get it too! Since we're T-minus two days to Thanksgiving and lots of travel, I would put my money on Jack coming down with it, oh, about 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
For now, the Emmie gets lots of hugs and spoiling and two doses of antibiotic per day for 10 days. And a pony. And her own phone in her room. And a car. That Mommy Guilt is a powerful thing.
posted by Amy at
9:41 PM
6 Comments:
Apparently I should start getting double ear infections, if the reward is a car.
For some reason I just don't think the Mommy guilt factor is quite as strong when it comes to college students.
Btw, I love your writing! You make me simultaneously want kids and be terrified of becoming pregnant (by your incompetent cervix tales).
Don't beat yourself up mommy! Life has a way of taking care of that for you when you are traveling, on Thanksgiving, with 2 small children. I KNOW, I've been there!
Just enjoy the snuggles while you can get them and take lots of Vitamin C for yourself, because nobody takes care of mommy if she gets sick!
We've all been there. Now I know, when my kids are fussier than normal, I get out the tylenol, and go from there. Waking at night is a tell tale sign that something is up. Hindsight is a wonderful thing isn't it? At least you didn't cover her mouth when she was fussing.....
But seriously, you're the coolest mom out there so that trumps your inability to diagnose her ailments.
Oh, poor thing! Dorothy got sent home from daycare yesterday with green goop coming out of her eyes... she has an ear infection, too, I guess. She's had a bad cold for almost 2 weeks. So, yeah. Mommy guilt here as well. And now she has hives from the antibiotics.
Those tricky ear infections! Hope both kids are ok for the car ride!
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