Here we go again...

Walker has a double ear infection. I suspected something might be wrong because for the past couple of days he has been fussier than normal, tugging at his ears, not sleeping well, and screaming as if he were in pain when laying flat on his back (making sleeping and staying asleep very difficult). Lainey acted the exact same way when she had an ear infection, except she never tugged at her ears. With her ear infections, her nose was always runny and while Walker sounds (and always has sounded) congested, he doesn't have a lot of drainage. After a lot of inner dialogue and talking to the nurse and worrying that an infection would definitely develop over the three-day weekend, I decided to take him to see the doctor. I'm so glad I did and honestly, I am a little relieved that I wasn't totally overreacting (because I've been known to do that). I jokingly asked the doctor if we could go ahead and put in ear tubes tomorrow and while he didn't agree to that, he did think that if Walker continues to get ear infections he could get tubes sooner than Lainey did because there's now a family history. We shall see how that turns out. Maybe this is just a random occurrence and he'll be free of ear infections for a while. Thankfully, summer is almost here and that will help (I hope).

I think you just end up going to the doctor a lot when you have two kids. We were there last week because both kids had colds (and Walker's cold lingered, leading to his ear infection) and then Lainey was in the office just two days ago because she had developed an unusual rash on her chest and arms. Thankfully, that cleared up pretty quickly and she seems fine now. Poor little Walker. I hope that he starts to feel better soon with his antibiotic. Otherwise, this is going to be a long Memorial Day weekend...