We've had a little bit of a rough start to 2010. Ellie came down with an ear infection the day after her first birthday. She woke up in the middle of the night absolutely screaming (which is very out of character!) and we knew something was wrong. We took the doctor who confirmed she had a nasty double ear infection and prescribed 10 days of the pink stuff. Luckily for us, Ellie loved the antibiotics and seemed to get better pretty fast.
Ellie went for her one year check-up on January 8th. She was 20 pounds 12 ounces (40th percentile) and 28 inches (20th percentile) and her head circumference was 75th percentile! She did pretty well although she was super shy and very mad that she had to have 2 shots. She didn't mind the finger prick so much and I think was more upset with the whole "stranger anxiety" thing than the actual needles. The doctor was sweet though and warned me that the 15 month appointment is usually the hardest on all parties involved and so to mentally prepare myself :) He did check her ears again and said that the right one still had some fluid in it and to watch in case it didn't clear up and got infected again. Other than that he said she looked great and gave us the OK to start whole milk!
Over MLK weekend Elle started acting like she didn't feel good again. She was just super clingy, not willing to sleep in her crib, and overall really fussy. She started pulling on her ear again and we knew the evil ear infection was back. We took her back into the doctor today and they gave her another round of stronger antibiotics with hopes that this will clear it up. We'll go back to the doctor at the end of this round to see how the ears look.
Ear infections are a real bummer. Must be super painful because Elle is a tough cookie and this has just completely knocked her off her feet. Unfortunately the worst time seems to be night because I guess it hurts more when she lays down. Lets just say...we've watched a lot of late-night cartoons together.
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