Two very cute perfectly matched ears:
(Attached baby not included.) Guaranteed to cost you a shitload of money in ear infections and lost work time. Now with MORE teenage selective hearing!!
Does this baby look sick to you?
Me neither (and he's like that ALL the time). But his ears (horribly infected, caused doctor to recoil in horror and gasp) are costing me a penny a minute for the next ten days. And I get to stay home (that part's not so bad).
Maybe I should have listened to my junk mail this week and this wouldn't have happened.
I'm sure a few preventive drops in each ear would have done wonders!
We are off to take a nap now.
Oh poor little buddy! At least, for both of you, he seems smiley and happy.
I hope it all gets taken care of right quick.
I'd only buy the ears if the baby was attached. Sorry.
Posted by: samantha Jo Campen | September 26, 2006 at 01:29 PM
My little guy is having some ear issues too...must be the season. Hope the little guy gets well soon!
Posted by: sj | September 26, 2006 at 01:33 PM
Warning: all caps ahead
OH MY GOSH HE IS SO CUTE!
repeat a thousand times
That is all I have to say.
Oh, and I certainly hope his poor little ears clear up asap.
Posted by: Silly Hily | September 26, 2006 at 02:24 PM
Poor Mr. Cheeks! Apparently, you didn't get to experience the screaming/not sleeping/not eating combo that usually goes with ear infections. Lucky you! Hope he's feeling better soon!
Posted by: Stacey | September 26, 2006 at 04:23 PM
I HEAR YOU SISTER! Tigger has had 14 (or is it 15?) ear infections. He is on his second set of tubes and had his adenoids removed. He has a hearing loss which he does use to his advantage already.
Let's not even talk about how much work I've missed over the years.
Posted by: CPA Mom | September 27, 2006 at 08:11 AM
Love the ear infections. At least you get to stay home. Hope he feels better soon.
Posted by: Amy W | September 27, 2006 at 08:26 AM
Gotta love the ear infections. My daughter had double ear infections and I. NEVER. KNEW. Until the pediatrician, calmly, said so. Poor kidlet. I hope Mr.Cheeks gets better soon. Sore ears are no fun.
Posted by: erin | September 27, 2006 at 09:28 AM
Poor little guy! Hope he feels better soon so you can enjoy your time at home with him!
Posted by: Jessie | September 27, 2006 at 12:51 PM
What a sweet boy! Ah, yes...HONEY, the miracle substance. I keep hearing about the healing powers of honey and garlic. My Grandma says that kids just need to play outside more. Something about rolling around in the dirt being good for their immune systems. Now THERE's a marketing concept: "Dirt Can Heal WHAT?"
Posted by: Susan in va | September 27, 2006 at 02:22 PM
I hated the ear infections. B-girl had more than a "normal" share when she was a baby. We were afraid of getting tubes for a while. They eased up, although she still gets them from time to time. I would take off work and my bosses would get mad, even though I did work at home.
What a beautiful baby! Mine was the same way - You couldn't tell if she was sick until it got really bad.
Posted by: msugal86 | September 27, 2006 at 06:49 PM
Precious, precious baby!!!!!!!
Did you open the envelope? I want whatever is in it!
What the heck did they do 100 years ago? Did kids die of ear infections back then or what?
I am NOT downplaying his symptoms or ANYthing like that, it just freaks me out how much more it seems like kids get sick. Im thinking of becoming one of those people that say their house is killin em and wear gas masks everywhere.
Something is up...I think its the government killing us off so they dont have to fix social security.
Posted by: Andreia | September 28, 2006 at 10:45 AM
Wow, he certainly doesn't look like he's an unhappy baby! I've had two like that -- well, with respect to ear infections, at least -- they never seemed to be overly fussy so we often didn't know what was going on until the ears were pretty bad.
I am hoping that maybe by the time my kids are teenagers I'll actually have some vacation time saved up. Nah, probably too optimistic. ;-)
Posted by: Nancy | September 28, 2006 at 08:26 PM
Yowza. Been there, and like Nancy said, my daughter's behavior didn't indicate that she was even sick, let alone had a terrible ear infection.
But yes, my older daughter has selective hearing already. And I already follow up my questions or statements with "Did you hear me?"
Posted by: mothergoosemouse | September 30, 2006 at 10:08 AM
I don't know about the ears, but that baby is so cute I think my uterus just did a double back handspring.
Posted by: Mrs. Chicky | September 30, 2006 at 07:59 PM
Sounds just like me son!!!
He's 17 months and is finally starting to out grow the constant ear infections - we barely escaped having tubes put in his ears.
I hope everything clears up soon.
and he is sooooooo cute!!!!
Posted by: Nikki | October 01, 2006 at 08:24 AM