My Poor Sick Baby

Thing 2 has been sick off and on since Saturday evening. On Saturday he woke up from a nap with a fever. By Sunday he seemed better but still not himself. We didn't take him anywhere that day in the hopes that he would rest and be as good as new come Monday. On Monday he did seem back to his old self, again. It gave me hope that this runny nose and slight fever business was due to teething. However, when he woke up Tuesday morning he had an awful cough that sounded like he had a very sore throat. I still took him to daycare and informed them that they could call at anytime if he needed to be picked up. After he woke up from his afternoon nap, they called to tell me he sounded horrible with his cough but that he didn't need to be picked up. I called the doctor to make an appointment as he seemed to be getting worse instead of better. At the end of my work day I received another call from daycare stating that Thing 2 had a fever. I picked him up and gave him some Tylenol. He was very sleepy and not acting like the active baby he is. This morning when he woke up he was very unhappy. He looked so sad! I took him with me to work for the morning and then to his doctor's appointment. We discovered that he had an ear infection. I was surprised that he went almost his entire first year of life without an ear infection! Thing 1 had them constantly! So, we picked up a prescription for the antibiotic and bought some Motrin as recommended by the doctor. I took him home for the rest of the day where he ate some chicken and blueberry yogurt and then took a 2 hour nap. We started him on the amoxicillin this evening. I hope he sleeps well tonight and is better in the morning! Poor thing looks so sad when he is sick!

Here's a picture of him when he is actually well.