Tubes

I think that maybe it may be time to consider putting tubes in Jakob’s ears for the rest of this season. I was hoping that we might be able to make it to the end of this “ear infection season” without another round but it doesn’t look that way. Jakob began to complain about his ears again over the weekend. He didn’t have a fever to speak of, but he was sure that something was bothering him. We went to the pediatrician this morning and he has the beginnings of an infection in his right ear. We debated waiting it out to see if it went full blown or to start antibiotics now. I figured from past infections that the wait and see approach wouldn’t work for us. We would be back there in a day or two when it got worse and then have to start the antibiotics later. I didn’t see any reason to wait – I didn’t want Jakob to be in any pain. And this way he will have a couple of days of antibiotics in his system and there will be no reason for him not to be able to go to “school”. Whooo hoo for me. I know that sounds terrible, but I really have been enjoying my days with Aiden. Not feeling guilty for holding him for hours on end and snuggling on the couch. It is so hard when Jake wants my attention and Aiden is demanding to be held or fed. So those eight hours that Jake is at school I can hang out with Aiden and run any errands that I need to run toddler free. The bonus is that Jakob loves going to school. He asks about it everyday – and is super excited when he wakes up and we tell him it’s a school day. I wish we could do more than just one day a week. Once he turns three he will be going twice a week – so until then he will just have to count the days til it’s Thursday.