Sick again

Early last week Marc noticed that Lucas had some green stuff coming out of his right ear. Marc took him to the doctors on Tuesday and we found out that he has a tear on the inside of his ear. Now to the average person, you would probably be alarmed by this, but according to the doc, this is a good thing because it will mean his infection will now drain easier. So now we have drops to be in the ear twice a day. When I learned his infection still hadn't cleared up, I was mad. Lucas needs a break from these ear infections. We make sure he has his ears covered whenever we go out-we have to put him in daycare because no one in Marc's family is available to babysit and Marc and I both need to work.

So all I kept thinking about last week was that I wish I could have breastfed Lucas. I had read before he was born that babies who are breastfed supposedly have less ear infections. But I wasn't able to. Lucas latched on once while he was in the NICU and I did pump for a few days but once I was put on the pain meds, I wasn't able to pump anymore. I felt so disappointed-I thought this was the one thing I could do to help him.

Lucas seems to be doing better now and most moms I talk to say that he will likely outgrown these in a year. Let's hope.