Last week, Jordan woke up with a stuffy nose, and then he started coughing. I called his doctor and was told it was probably just the weather, but to call again if it didn't go away within a week. Yesterday morning, after getting no sleep due to a very pungent fingernail polish smell in our house (another Ali story!), I decided to stay home, and since Jordan didn't sleep much either, I kept him home too. His cough had gotten worse so I took him in to the pediatrician. "His lungs are very healthy," he told me. Well anyone who has ever heard Jordan cry knows they're a very strong set of lungs; healthy is good too. Then he checked his ears, removing some deep gunk, which, big surprise, Jordan was NOT okay with. Again, we know how strong his lungs are.
Short story shorter, Jordan has an ear infection in his right ear. The cough and stuffy nose were caused by the weather, and the ear infection was caused by the drainage from the cough and stuffy nose. In short, my baby has an ear infection because of Oklahoma weather! When I was little, I had ear infections all the time. Ali used to get them all the time too. I am so worried now that poor Jordan will go through the same thing we did. =( He is taking medicine though so he should be better in just a few days. I hope he doesn't have to have tubes put in like I did as a child... And I thought breastfed babies were less likely to get ear infections? Myth!
I did have a good time staying home with him though! He was a fairly happy baby and took a very long nap; I even had time to do laundry! I love having clean socks to wear! =)
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