My Ear Hurts, Mama

Last night was a rough one for us. Bennett went to sleep a little later than usual, because we had gone to a Taiko concert at Centennial Hall to celebrate the 45th anniversary of his school, Montessori Academy of London. The concert was GREAT and Bennett really loved it. But it meant we got home about fifteen minutes after his usual bedtime and we still had to go through the routine. However, he was having none of it. So, we put him to bed with no tooth brushing, no stories. Boo! About 4:00, he came into our room and wiggled until 5:00 when he finally got up to go to the bathroom. (Thank goodness he didn't pee in our bed again, like he did a week ago.) He fell asleep again by about 5:30 but woke up crying at 6:00. "Mama! My ear hurts!!" I tried to comfort him, but he got up to go to the bathroom again. Turns out, he went in search of q-tips to "fix" his ear. Gratefully, he brought them to me and I told him that the q-tips wouldn't help, but I could give him some medicine to help with the pain. Two tylenol, some rocking and snuggling in his bed, he fell asleep again at 6:30 and slept until 8:15. He was still complaining of a sore ear, so we went to the pediatrician and she confirmed that he had a raging ear infection - "classic" is how she described it. She was also surprised that he wasn't screaming or clutching his head in misery. I replied that I wasn't so surprised because he'd never been much of a "sick kid".

We came home and spent the day shoveling (that's another entry entirely!), watching movies, playing in the snow and making cookies. He had a mini-melt down around bedtime, but went to sleep with no fuss. Here's hoping he sleeps well tonight!

For the record - this is his very first ear infection. He's 3 years, 3 months. Sweet!