7 Months and First Ear Infection

Well, today Finley turned 7 months old.  Who would have thought he’d ring in his 7th months with his first official ear infection??  I noticed yesterday afternoon that he seemed to be acting worse despite having his cold for over a week. His runny nose and cough just didn’t seem to be any better, nor was his temperament.  He has basically been very whiny, crying more than usual, extremely cuddly- wanting to just be held and rest his head on my shoulder and sleeping A LOT!  Usually Finley is go go go and not cuddly and sleepy?  He also starting have terrible diarrhea since about Thursday night. I thought at first it was just a fluke but on Friday and two outfits later I was starting to think this is definitely a new symptom.  Sure enough he woke up today with a diaper full of surprise for me!  Time to call the Pediatric after-hours clinic at UW health.  Why do these things always happen at the worst times?  They had one last opening for me at 2:00pm… Thank You!! Sure enough our little guy has a nasty infection in his right ear and possible sinus infection… she wasn’t sure but since he’d go on antibiotics it would cover both.  His throat was just really irritated and with his cough and extreme snotty discharge it seemed likely!  Fun times I tell you.  He also has actually lost weight since his 6 month appointment – most likely due to being sick.  This is Finley’s first time on antibiotics and it’s the gross amoxicillin you remember from being a kid. The pink smelly stuff? Yes, Finley is not real fond of it either.  So far I am not even sure he really got half of his doses since his immediate reaction is just to spew it out!  The next 10 days should be a blast.  Everything he owns will probably be stained pink too.  So here’s to 7 months and hoping my little boy is on the mend!  I just want him to be out of his misery and back to being himself and feeling better.

I didn’t get the “chair” photo in all the chaos and sickness- I will try tomorrow. Here is the only picture I took of Finley today playing with Packer after the Doctor.