Teething Troubles

I know I've been a little slow at updating my blog this week. In all of my free time (which is not much) I've been working on a big project for a friend. Unfortunately for you, this friend is also a reader of my blog, so you'll have to wait until next week to see the results.

It has also been a tough week for us, and especially for Andrew. In case you haven't ever experienced it, a teething child with an ear infection due to the extra fluid in his sinuses is really no fun to be around. As a matter of fact, last Thursday morning, I called Derrick to ask if I could "take the rest of the day off." That's not quite so easy in this line of work, so my second solution was just to put the boys down for naps. I don't know what I will do when Scott gives up his nap, but we are not pushing him in that direction.

We did not diagnose the ear infection until Saturday morning, after having set the alarm every three hours during the night on Friday to administer medicine to keep Andrew's fever down. Many of you may recall that he had a febrile seizure in September when his fever spiked. It was easily the scariest moment of my life and neither Derrick or I wanted to relive that moment again. We went to the doctor on Saturday and he found a bad infection in the right ear.

But, there is always a light at the end of every tunnel and Andrew had a "breakthrough" moment today...literally. I looked in his mouth and saw three teeth buds poking through. We are rejoicing around here. Not only is this a moment when you think "all that hard work has been worth it," but he is about a year late getting all of his teeth and I was beginning to think that they would never come in. He bites his tongue several times a week during meals because there is so much space between his teeth and they are so sharp.

I'll be sure to post a picture next week when you can see the teeth clearly.