Puffy eye

DS woke up with a puffy upper eyelid this morning. He had a bug bit on his forehead on the other side, so we thought the eyelid might have been from another bite. DCP called me late in the morning and said DS's eye was almost swollen shut and requested that we take him to the doctor. We went in this afternoon and saw one of the other doctors in the practice since ours was only there this morning. Diagnosis... sinus infection. Apparantly, especially in young children, the sinus infection will drain up via the tear ducts toward the eye and cause swelling in the soft tissue there. We have an antibiotic Rx. It may look worse in the morning, but might start to look better that soon. It definitely should look better by Friday. I guess our family pictures (before baby #2) will have to wait a few extra days.

Games Children Play

Mothering Magazine -- Nursing Notes From An Ex-A-Type

Mothering Magazine -- Nursing Notes From An Ex-A-Type

Respect is a Two-Way Street -- Actively Teaching Respect to Our Kids

Mom To Mom: Bedtime Rituals -- We need to change our bedtime ritual and/or make it more consistent. It is not very hard for me to hold DS on my lap (because I have no lap). Very soon baby #2 will disrupt things and I really hope that DS will not have more trouble at night.

Sleeping

DS's full-night sleeping streak is over, but it sure was wonderful! We have all been sick on and off for the past 3 weeks. I was getting very rundown and DH was starting to feel bad toward the end of last week. DS surprised us Friday morning by sleeping all night (from 9pm - 7am) Thursday night! Then he did it again Friday night, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday nights! Last night he woke up around 3. I gave him a bottle and he had trouble getting back to sleep. He's teething again/still. He has his 2 top middle teeth, and I can see the next top 2 trying to come through. The bottom ones aren't visible yet, though.