First Earache

Last night Daniel had his first earache. He had a little runny nose in the morning, but it was better after his nap, so we went to eat dinner at church. We came home after dinner, played, took a bath, and he was asleep by 8:30. He woke up at 10:15 crying. At first he said his eye hurt, but then he realized it was his ear. He was just screaming and he couldn't stop. We gave him some Tylenol, and it didn't seem to help. He would scream, "Mama!.....No!.....Help!.......Ear!.....Hurt!...." We called the pediatrician line and our own wonderful nurse neighbor, Elaine. They said all we could do is give him tylenol and wait. Meaning, he had to just cry himself to sleep. He cried from 10:15 until 12:30 with two short breaks. It was so awful. Elaine came down to sit with us while Joseph went to the drug store for children's ibuprofen. I just held him and walked around with him. He screamed and screamed, and he would pull at his ear and hit himself on the head. Then, at 12:30, he sort of fell asleep in the chair with me downstairs while i was rocking. I rocked and rocked. When i stopped, he would stir from sleep and say "rock" in the saddest little voice. He flipped and turned and changed sides from 12:30 to 3:30, and I rocked the whole time. Then at 3:30, he stood up and said, "Upstairs." We went upstairs, got in the bed, and he slept until 9:00 am. Then, he fell asleep again around 11:30 and slept until 3:00pm. He seemed fine this morning. I said, "Last night was hard." He said, "Sad....ear....hurt. Aine (Elaine) help." I said,"How are you feeling now." He said, "happy." We laid around most of the day and watched our home videos and some Wonder Pets. We will see what happens tonight.