>Poor Baby
>This morning, Baby woke up worse than ever. She slumped around for a while and refused to eat or drink anything.
“Baby, does your throat hurt?” I asked her.
“Yah,” she said mournfully.
Strep throat! It must be strep throat!
“Do your ears hurt?”
“Yah, Mm hmm.” She tugged at her ears.
Ear infection. Oh no. But wait a second.
“Um. Does your hair hurt?”
“Yah. Hair hut.” She touched her ponytails gingerly.
“Do your knees hurt?”
“Knees hut. Knees hut. Mm hm.”
So much for self-diagnosis.
Still. I could tell something was wrong. So we went to the doctor, who diagnosed Baby with a “raging ear infection.” And then she diagnosed me with a raging case of writer’s block. Apparently, I caught it from getting up every hour on the hour and singing my special good night song to baby for two nights now in a row.
Anyway, Baby got medicine and a “tow-wee” from Walgreen’s and I’m going to try and get some sleep tonight and see if the words to anything but “Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?” will come back into my head.
In the meantime, thank God for Mommybloggers. I’m part of their Valentine’s Day Rumble O’ Love, which means I have a brand new post over there. Thankfully, it was written before I contracted this dread writer’s block. You can find it here. It’s all about my first love. And it’s guaranteed to make the Hubs very, very jealous.
>poor baby!! hope her meds kick in quick.
>Aww! I’ve got a picture like that of my baby (posted yesterday). Glad your baby’s on the way to feeling better now. I’m sure those midnight songs did her a world of good!
>Ohhhhh…poor baby girl-kisses from Slo and I hope she feels better soon…Take care girlies, JAK
>Well, not that it helps any, but she got a huge “Awwwww” from me. Poor little precious baby! I hope the meds work quickly.Cordially,Melora
>Oh man, she is too cute! Even with an ear infection. 😉
>awwww, ear infections are the worst for little ones. can’t wait to read about your first love.
>that is definitely the face of a girl who is NOT playing sick!! hope she feels better soon!
>Oh I think we all now are sufficently feeling sorry for the Baby. Poor little thing, hope she feels better soon!
>She is a cutie pie! Look at those sweet cheeks! I’m sorry she’s not feeling better. Hope the med’s kick in quick.
>Oh but she’s soooo cute! Off to read Mommybloggers ;0)
>That is a definite I feel bad look. Hope she is feeling better soon.
>mommybloggers post was very funny.
>Oh… I have so seen that glassed-over-I-definitely-don’t-feel-so-good look on my little guy too. Only it is defintiely bad when it is the NIGHT before you are leaving for a trip. Thank God for on-call peditricians.
>She looks like I feel. I feel sorry for her.
>Poor THING!…I love this age because you do know when they are truly sick as opposed to my daughters’ ages (12) when she just wants a day in bed with Mummy taking her hot drinks…Well, what are mothers for, right?Minerva
>That’s one sad-looking little punkin. I hope she’s feeling better very soon!
>Oh.. poor baby.. what a face…
>Is it hard for you to not want to talk baby talk to her all day? I don’t with my kids, but I would with your daughter! Would you look at the boo boo lip on her? And those cheeks!!!I hope she (and you) are all better!
>Aww your little pumpkin is adorable!! I hope she feels better! By the way, thanks 🙂
>I’ve had an ear infection as an adult, and I think she was stating it correctly when EVERYTHING hurt!Poor thing!I love..LOVE..the pic w/ the one sock. She just looks like she gave up. “One sock? Oh, I just don’t care. I’m going to sit here in my misery.”
>Awwww, the poor bubby. I love those cheeks and lips – I bet she does a good pout.You can tell they’re sick when their eyes are all red and puffy. Hope she’s feeling better and running amok soon.
>Rachel got chronic ear infections. Thank goodness she’s outgrown it. Something about your Baby’s face reminds me of Hannah. Maybe the cute chubby cheeks.Anyway, hope she’s feeling better already.
>Bless her sweet little heart! I hope that Mommy & baby get a good night sleep. And don’t show that poor baby any pictures of Christopher Cross. She doesn’t need nightmares with her earache!
>Oh, poor princess. I hope her hair hut goes away soon!
>Aw, hope little girl feels better.And I loved your Rumble post. 🙂
>I had to laugh because when my son was in pre-school my husband and I would play the hurt game. “Terren, oh my gosh! Does your leg hurt?” *sad eyes and pouty lip* “Yeah. Ouch.” “Oh no Terren. Does your big toe hurt?” *almost in tears* “Yes!”…Oh how I miss that game. Oh, wait, he still plays along. Baby looks miserable. Poor thing. I can almost feel a burning forehead through the computer. I hope her ear and your writer’s block get better soon.
>Poor baby! That’s the only way I knew anything was wrong with Zed. He rarely ran fever, but when he just sat around, I knew it was antibiotic time! I’m off to read your Valentine’s post. Happy Valentines Day!
>Poor baby girl1 I hope she gets better soon. She looks so sick in those pics!
>Poor baby is right! L- You’ve got a future Miss America here. What a beauty 🙂
>Awww she is adorable, even though she’s sick! Hope you get over the writer’s block…your Mommybloggers post was a goodun. I’m going to have to look up his balding mug.
>Thank you all for your well wishes. She’s feeling better now and has progressed to the whiny stage of toddler illness. Lord help us.
>Aww! :(I just read your Mommybloggers article. You crack me up! I would rather admit that than the celebrity crush I had in Junior High. Michael Jackson *gulp*. I still see that Thriller video and remember how I used to pray for MTV to play it when I was at my friend’s house, and for cable to come to my house so I could watch him and kiss my own TV. BLECK!
>Awwww!! I wanna squeeze her adorable cheeks! What a dolly!!
>I’m sure she’s feeling better by now. Excellent post on Christopher Cross at Mommyblogger!
>Aw so sick and still such a sweet face.