So we forgot to mention that Eden got her first tooth! She was a champ while teething, and she did it while we were in Michigan! She’s great, isn’t she? So now she has one cute little chomper on her bottom gum line- and she’s getting another one. She’s been sleeping a TON and not eating as well as she normally does. She’s been VERY snuggly, which isn’t out of the ordinary for her, but the constant comforting is not usually needed. Poor girl. Teething can be so hard!
Especially when compounded with her very first ear infection! Yuck! It’s not fun. She’s been doing as well as any baby would, but she just hasn’t been herself lately. She was a little off in Michigan, but it only worsened when we came home. She started to tug at her ears a little bit, but I wasn’t sure if it was discovery or if it was discomfort, so I watched and waited. She has also been using her pacifier a lot more, so I knew something was up with her. Her eczema has also been redder and rougher than usual, so we wanted to make sure that we were doing all that we could to help her skin heal- and to make sure that it wasn’t an allergic reaction to something we fed her. So we called our pediatrician, and got the nurse-on-call. She advised us to go straight in to the InstaCare. We packed up Eden, gave her a snuggle and I slid into the back seat with her so that she wouldn’t feel abandoned. (She’s usually pretty good about riding in the backseat by herself, but since she’s been sick, she’s had a really hard time when I leave the room.) When we got there, we signed in, payed our co-pay and waited for about 5 minutes until we were taken back by a really nice physicians assistant. He talked to Eden and let her play with his stethoscope while he was trying to get her pulse. (And wow! Was that ever difficult on a 7-month-old baby who wants to play because she is out, but should be taking her nap!) Then the doctor came in. He was from Chicago and told me the difference between a Yankee and a Damn Yankee. I apparently, am the latter. Anyways, he then proceeded to talk to Eden and ask Wade and me about ourselves and “our story.” He told Eden all about his grandson who was her age and that in a couple of years we should introduce them because “he is a very handsome young man, and a beautiful girl like you deserves a handsome man.) We just laughed. He was great with her! He also let Eden pretty much do what she wanted so that she could get comfortable. And that is exactly what she did! She pulled at his coat, and tugged on his pens, eventually loosing the stethoscope around his neck and getting it to her mouth. She’s so curious! He sat her on my lap, kissed her forehead and then looked in her ears. That was the hard part. She cried as soon as he touched the right one. And it was confirmed when he looked inside it- it was bright red. He gave her a little tongue depressor to play with and gave us a scrip for Amoxicillin. Gross. As soon as we picked up the medicine from the pharmacy and opened it to give her her first dose, it brought Wade and me both back to our childhood memories of being sick. Yuck. No fun at all. But Eden loved it. She’s really good about taking her homeopathic medicine, though, so this shouldn’t have come as a big surprise to me. IF this stuff doesn’t work, we’re going to take her to a homeopathic doctor and have her treated there. And either way, she’s going to be eating a TON of yogurt to kill off the yeast that is infiltrating her body right now through the medicine.
We kept her home yesterday and she slept like a champ for most of the day, and as soon as she took the medicine she seemed to feel better. But then last night Wade had to wake her up from her nap- otherwise she may have woken up at 2 a.m. and thought it was dinner time! This morning wasn’t much different. She slept until 8:40. She is usually awake at 7-7:30. I tried to get the two of us out the door for church, and after succeeding in that, the car failed to start. Rats. It’s also -5 degrees right now where we live. It’s freezing, and probably not best for Eden to be out in that kind of weather- even if she is on medicine.
So, we’re just going to stay home today and let Eden heal. She’s a tough little fighter, so I think she will feel better in no time.