Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Worst. Night. Of. Sleep. Ever.
Last night was terrible!! Alex woke up about four times, then at about four a.m., he woke up screaming bloody murder. I'm amazed the neighbors didn't call the cops (of course, two houses on our street are owned by cops ...). Anyway, Alex was screaming his little head off. I think he had gas because when he screamed particularly hard, he would sqeeze out a fart. It would have been funny - if it hadn't been 4 a.m. So we gave him some Tylenol and Mylicon and settled on the couch. The three of us slept on the couch together for the first time since he was a newborn. It would have been nice - if we didn't both have to get up and go to work two hours later. On a lighter note, we attended our first Water Babies class. It was a blast. Alex loves, loves, loves the water. He was splashing and kicking and only cried a tiny little bit when we put him underwater. The third time we dunked him, he spit up in the pool. Oh well. I guess that's to be expected. At least he had a good time! Anybody think, though, there could be a connection between the swimming and the 4 a.m. screaming? Does swimmer's ear occur that quickly? Is there usually a fever with swimmer's ear? Do I need to buy a parenting book or what?
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You spoke too soon in that last post of yours!! Should've knocked on wood.
I'm the queen of swimmers ear. For me, it comes on instantly and is excruciating. You might want to check with your doc to see if there is something you can put in his ears immediately after you get out of the pool.
Hope you guys get some sleep soon. Being sleep deprived is the most horrible feeling!
When I taught parent-child swimming class we didn't recommend putting the babies underwater, simply because it's so easy to develop ear infections quickly. Our recommendation (and just that, not a steadfast rule or anything) was that babies don't go underwater until about 3 years old.
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