There's a method to the madness

It looks like my little Lukas Pukas actually has an ear infection, which is likely partially causing the sleepless nights. After the waking up and lack of sleep continued througout the weekend, we went back to see the pediatrician, only this time, when she went to look into his ears, he screamed bloody murder. She was able to see that his left ear drum was slightly red. According to what she told us, it was only a little bit red towards the top, so it was the beginning of an ear infection - good news as that meant we got it in time. So Lukas has his first ear infection, and his first encounter with antibiotics and ear drops. How fun.

I have to admit, though, that I was very surprised since he did not, and still doesn't, exhibit the commong signs of an ear infection. The only "symptoms" he has are the sleepless nights and the slightly elevated temp at the doctor's office yesterday (99.8 rectally). All last week, last night and today, his temp has been normal. Go figure. I do think that some of it is probably behavioral, but maybe he just wasn't feeling 100% himself and that's why he needed the extra love. Other than that, he's great - laughing, babbling, and playing all the time. Of course, mommy is exhausted since the sleepless nights continue. Last night he woke up every hour on the hour from 9 pm - 1 am. Then, after I fed him and swaddled him, he was kind enough to give me the rest of the night until 7 am, with a brief waking at 4 am.

I hope this "thing" doesn't last too long and he's back to sleeping at night soon - I have no idea how I'm going to handle sleepless nights when I go back to work. I guess if everyone else can do it, I can, too, but man, how I crave some sleep right now.