Does this look like the face of a wee one with a lingering double ear infection and a mouthful of teeth just waiting to bust through puffy, swollen gums? One would think not. But alas, it is. Baby Sister and I headed back to the pediatrician's office today for another check on her ears. I have to admit that I was not surprised to hear that they haven't cleared up yet. Maybe I've grown accustomed to the routine. We have, after
all been on this road since January 5th. But today we decided to take a different approach. Although we left the office with prescription orders in hand for round 5 of antibiotics, it will be left unfilled for the time being. The nurse practitioner wrote the prescription but suggested that maybe we should wait a few days and see what happens. Neither of us really wanting to subject Baby Sister to yet another
round of antibiotics, which up to this point have proved to be futile anyway. Now we are leaving it up to her little body to do the job. Of course if it seems as though she is in pain or if we experience sleepless nights we will get the prescription filled. Besides, who's to say that the crankiness that Baby Sister has been displaying in the past two months isn't partly or even mostly due to the fact that she is teething
in a
major way. The nurse practitioner pointed out that her tugging on her ears could also be a by-product of teething as the pain shoots up the jawline and to the base of the ears. So for now we'll just hang tight and keep on swinging!!
Does this look like the face of a wee one with a lingering double ear infection and a mouthful of teeth just waiting to bust through puffy, swollen gums? One would think not. But alas, it is. Baby Sister and I headed back to the pediatrician's office today for another check on her ears. I have to admit that I was not surprised to hear that they haven't cleared up yet. Maybe I've grown accustomed to the routine. We have, after
all been on this road since January 5th. But today we decided to take a different approach. Although we left the office with prescription orders in hand for round 5 of antibiotics, it will be left unfilled for the time being. The nurse practitioner wrote the prescription but suggested that maybe we should wait a few days and see what happens. Neither of us really wanting to subject Baby Sister to yet another
round of antibiotics, which up to this point have proved to be futile anyway. Now we are leaving it up to her little body to do the job. Of course if it seems as though she is in pain or if we experience sleepless nights we will get the prescription filled. Besides, who's to say that the crankiness that Baby Sister has been displaying in the past two months isn't partly or even mostly due to the fact that she is teething
in a major way. The nurse practitioner pointed out that her tugging on her ears could also be a by-product of teething as the pain shoots up the jawline and to the base of the ears. So for now we'll just hang tight and keep on swinging!!
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