Sick Baby

Last night Cutler tossed and turned all night. It was restless sleep for sure. At 5am I checked his temp and it was 101! I know that's not terribly high for a baby but it worried me. It doesn't matter if it's your first baby or your third, I still contemplated the ER. What is it about a baby and a fever that makes you paranoid. I was thinking the worst, pnemonia, RSV, flu, etc.

I got some coffee and settled into the recliner and rocked him back to sleep as he moaned and cried. I felt so bad for him. He just cut his first tooth on the 26th, so I assumed his pain and fever were teething related.

I called the doctor when they opened up and she wanted to see him. We went in at 9:30 and she said he has a double ear infection. Red and inflamed in the right and green and pus filled in the left. OUCH! I had no idea it was an ear infection! Poor baby.

We started medicine and I'm hoping that he'll sleep well tonight. Maybe I'll be able to go back to work tomorrow.