Finally, An Answer!

As I mentioned in my last post, Joshua has been extremely sick and grumpy over the past week. At first we thought it must be a cold (despite the vomitting), then I found a third molar in his mouth and we assumed he was teething. However, when he didn't get very much better over the course of the past week I decided to take him to the walk-in-clinic this afternoon. The poor little boy has a really bad ear infection. The doctor put him on antibiotics right away (the banana flavoured Amoxicillin that I LOVED as a child, and he seems to like as well), but she also told us we can't get his ear wet for at least a week. For those of you who have had children with ear infections in the past ... how do I keep his ear dry and his hair clean?!? :P

Unfortunately, Joshua started swimming lessons earlier this week and has 2 more lessons in the next seven days. Today he was putting his face under and floating with his ears covered by water which makes me feel like a horrible parent because I should have realized he was tugging on his ear more than normal and should have discovered the infection BEFORE the underwater activities of the day. Also, we are set to go swimming with Amy and Owen Lanteigne tomorrow afternoon and I do not want to cancel (it's taken us a long time to set this up ...)

Maybe I can just keep his head above the water at all times?!? Unfortunately, he's pretty unsteady and off balance right now because of his ear infection so I'm not sure I can actually keep him upright and above the surface of the water. :(