Ear infection

August 7, 2011 babyjohnson

 

The heat and humidity finally broke, at least for one day. So we took advantage and went to Union Park to the Heritage Carousel, splash park, and then to Stam Chocolaterie for gelato.

The other morning Henry woke up at 7:00 screaming. Usually if I nurse or hold him, he stops crying immediately. But this time he was inconsolable. He threw up a ton of mucus, and after 2 hours his screams turned into painful, hoarse whimpers. I laid him on his tummy to see if he’d fall asleep. Leon came in the room shortly after that, rolled him over and a bunch of liquid dribbled out of his left ear over his cheek. I had noticed a bad odor the night before coming out of that ear, and a lot of ear wax, but we just assumed it was dirty and cleaned it out. The doctor said it was very rare for an infant this young to have an ear infection, and being breast fed it’s even more rare. So we’re crossing our fingers that it’s not a persistent problem. After a round of ear drops and amoxicyllin, he seems to be feeling much better. 

Last night while Leon worked, I met Cara & the family at the Pizza Ranch where Quentin works now. After dinner, we all went back to Cara’s house and let all the neighborhood kids play outside. Clara had a blast jumping on the trampoline and riding on the electric toy car. Henry was pretty content laying on his belly, sucking his thumb the whole time. He is perfectly happy when he is sucking his thumb, but he can only find it when he’s laying face down. We’re hoping in the next few weeks he’ll be more coordinated to find his thumb while laying on his back or in his car seat. I don’t think he would be as nearly the fussy baby that he is now. 

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