Eli woke up at 6:30a.m this morning! Quite out of character... generally he's been sleeping in until 8:30ish! A nice treat for me! I left him in his crib to see if he'd go back to sleep until 7:10a.m and he had no intentions of going back to sleep. All of the soothers had fallen out of the crib and well I guess he couldn't figure out how to get back to sleep this morning without it. Great!
So we went off to the ENT throat specialist, and the verdict is he needs tubes. We're on a waiting list, and the Dr's receptionist is supposed to call us with a date. It should be sometime over the summer, however she couldnt tell me even when the receptionist might be calling so Im feeling a little in the dark. I know it'll all work out though, it has up until this point. Eli has some fluid in his ears, and the specialist said generally when a baby has an ear infection before 6 months thats a sign right there that he will need tubes. Good! I feel relieved.
The part I dont feel so relieved about though is this. I asked about Eli's soother situation (obviously, he looooves his soothers!!) the dr said sometimes they can contribute to the ear infections and we should try to get rid of them! Aaah man! This is going to be hard, but its something Im going to have to do. So, I think its going to have to be cold turkey. Or maybe he can just have it for naps, and bedtime? I dont know....
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I cut little holes in Josiah's soothers and then gave them to him. That way he still had the soother, it just wasn't working the same as usual. He tried to suck on it for a while, but gave up on it pretty quickly.
Thats a good idea!! What did you use to cut holes in them? I was thinking I might just give it to him at nap time and bed time.... not during the day or when we're out and about. Thats a great idea though!!!
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