1st Ear Infection

Of course Jackson has the perpetual runny nose that many day care babies have. Everyone tells me that while babies in day care tend to be sick more often when they are younger once they go to school they tend to be healthier because they have had many of the illnesses already. A couple of weeks ago on a Wednesday Jackson woke up in the morning and he felt quite warm. I took his temperature and he had a temp of 102 degrees. His doctor had told me previously that as long as he is happy, eating and sleeping that a fever even as high as 105 degrees does not necessarily mean I need to bring him in. He was his happy self, just a little on the hot side. I gave him some Tylenol and this brought his temperature down to 99 and we just hung out most of the day. He wanted to be held more and he was a little more grumpy, but overall he was doing well. I did call his doctor to see how long I could use Tylenol to control his fever and she said if he still had a fever in a couple days to bring him in. She also said that if he the fever was not controllable, if he wasn't eating or sleeping to also bring him in sooner. That night was a rough night. He was having a lot of trouble sleeping and he was so hot that night. He wouldn't sleep in in his crib and I had to lie him on my chest to get him to sleep. One time he awoke just screaming in what sounded like a painful cry and it took me about 15 minutes to get him calmed down. I kept up with the Tylenol and by morning his fever had seemed to have broke and he was no longer hot. His day care said I could bring him to school as long as his fever was low grade and he didn't seem sick so Dustin took him to school. About 1 pm I got a call from Dustin...school had called and said Jack had a temperature of 103 degrees. Crap!!! Dustin went to pick him up from school and I called his doctor. His doctor did not have room in her schedule, but one of her partner's had an opening and I scheduled it ASAP. Dustin took him in and sure enough he a had an ear infection and was put on Amoxycillin. He has now finished his antibiotic and he has completely recovered. The biggest problem was getting him back in his bed. The last week has been good, but those little kids are smart. The two nights he spent in bed with us...he decided that this was much better than in his crib alone and it was a little bit of a challenge to reverse things. I wouldn't have done it any different because I needed him in bed with me as much for him to get his sleep as it was form me to get mine because if he is awake so am I. I am glad things have gotten back on schedule...to bed at 8:30, waking once at night to eat and sleeping in his own bed...things are good at the Treanor house!