How Did I Ever?

How I ever lived the "college life" is beyond me!  It used to be nothing to go out, party, be in bed around 3 or 4 and get up for class (with a massive hangover) at 8.  But now...ugh!  Madison didn't have such a great evening.  She started screaming at 5:30 and would not stop.  We could tell she was in pain, and obviously with a 5 month old, you have no idea what it is that's bothering her.  But we tried everything, a bottle, toys, putting her down for sleep, NOTHING!  So we then called the on call doctor, which luckily was her's!  He told us it was possible her ear infection could be back.  Which a couple of weeks ago when I was told she had one, we had no idea!  We knew she had a cold, but I was taking her in to make sure it wasn't a sinus infection.  She didn't have any symptoms of an ear infection that were noticeable.  But either way, he told us we should take her on in the the emergency room to be checked out.


Of course when we get there she calmed down! And after waiting for 3 hours we finally seen a doctor.  He checked everything out and then told us that her throat was really red, a little swollen, and that it was up to us if we wanted to run a strep test...of course!  So we had that done and then waited for another hour - ugh!  First person we see after the test was taken was a nurse.  She comes in and says, "So he wants you to call her pediatrician as soon as possible....." So of course I panic and ask, what's wrong?!?!  She then looks at me strange and said, "nothing, the test came back negative".  Apparently she was under the impression the doctor had come back to tell us the results and the phone call to Madison's doctor was just to let him know how she was doing. OK, well, don't put it the way you did.


So we finally got home about 2:30 am and in the bed at 3.  Madison ended up being fussy so I let her sleep with me while Anthony slept in our guest bedroom.  She was restless all night, so my 4 hours of sleep were really crappy!  I'm not here at work and the coffee isn't strong enough.  


I also think my little stinker is teething.  But I found Momsicles online, seem neat.  Frozen BM or formula, it's cold on their gums and taste good (to them!).  It's hard to believe she'll be 5 months in 2 days.  Last night at the office her hospital bracelet said she was 150 days old. :)  

But now I'm just beginning to ramble.  So everyone have a great day, and pray I don't fall asleep at work!