It was bound to happen

Well, for the first time in her 6 1/2 months of life Reese is sick. The poor thing has had a runny nose for about 10 days now. Why the hell didn't i bring her to the doctor sooner, you might ask? The answer - I don't know!

Every day she woke up with it running like the dickens, but by mid day it would stop and just form that delicious crust around her nose. Aside from that she didn't seem too bothered by anything. The one thing that definitely changed was her nap routine - or her lack there of. She was barely sleeping during the day but i chalked it up to that infamous "6 month phase" that the doctor, and everyone else I've talked to, has mentioned.

BUT, in my defense, each day that the runny nose continued to rear its ugly head and her napping continued to disappear more and more, i kept saying "something just isn't right." Finally, this morning, i called Kathi while Nate was on his way to drop her off and told her that i wanted to take her to the doctor today since whatever she seemed to be fighting wouldn't leave her alone. When i went to pick her up Kathi told me that she had no interest in even eating which just reinforced my decision to take her in.

We arrived about 10 minutes late (anyone who knows me is aware that i HATE to be late) - and they called us right in. Of course the one time we weren't surrounded by sick, sneezing, coughing little varmints there wasn't a wait. Anyway...i striped her down to her diaper and in came the doctor. She listened to her chest, back and then looked into her ears and bingo! An ear infection.

SO...i guess that cute little move she's been doing lately where she shrugs her right shoulder against her ear isn't a new skill. It was more of a message: "Hey you dumb biatch! My ear hurts!"

Oh well. Now i know the signs.

Now she's on antibiotics for 10 days, is getting nose drops so she can breath and eat at the same time, and I'm running the humidifier at night. Hopefully after 24 hours or so she'll feel much better and start to fall into some kind of nap schedule again.

I guess this Mom gig takes continuous practice.