I know it's never happened that I've posted twice in a day, but that's the joy of life, right? The unexpected?
Mabel is recovering from a mean double ear infection. Last week, on Monday and Tuesday evenings, she wouldn't eat dinner. I knew this to be out of character for Mabel, but I also figured she may have eaten a lot at day care, as sometimes is the case. Then, however, came the barfing on Wednesday and Thursday, and the general fatigue and fussiness. Fatigued is a word that definitely does not describe our usual Mabel, and so off to the pedi office we went.
It didn't take long for Dr. B to see Mabel had an ear infection. There were no words for the screaming that came from Mabel's lungs when the nurse had to do the rectal temp and give Mabel Ibuprofen in the form of a suppository. J. held her limbs down, and i tried to console Mabel by rubbing her screaming, reddened face. "I hate you for not saving me!" she seemed to bellow. By the end of the appointment, we had a script for an antibiotic and our questions answered. It's totally true that these doc trips are more traumatizing for the parents.
It's been several days, and Mabel has achieved her come- back- to- life gradually. I knew things were back to good when yesterday she bitched and moaned because she couldn't eat a diaper, and again because we wouldn't let her stand up on a chair. Ahh, there's the daring and attitudey little gal- pal we know and love. :)
She has given us more completely ridonkulous reasons she is crying (the Tumblr-- again!), and that, my friends, is the mark of a healthier toddler. Or at least ours.
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