What is that coming out of her ear?

On Sunday, it appeared that Sophia had a bit of yogurt in her ear. As she is prone to mess with her hair and ears while eating, this didn't surprise us and we wiped it away. Meanwhile, Sophia has been having a rough couple of days. We took the bottle away at breakfast, lunch, and dinner starting Friday, so we assumed she was mourning the loss.

Well, on Monday, the "food" again appeared in the same ear, but it looked a little less like food and a little more like boogers. Alas, Sophia has an ear infection (that happens to be oozing yogurt...curious!) Actually, after a visit to the always helpful Dr. Jarvis this morning, we discovered that both ears were infected and so are her sinuses. Excellent! That explains a lot actually.

She has already taken her first dose of antibiotics and is probably on the road to recovery. She played by herself for a little while, which hasn't happened much over the past couple of days, so she must be feeling a bit better. Pray for a speedy return to health and no relapses.

On the bottle front, Sophia is doing OK. she doesn't particularly like the cup, but the bit of chocolate syrup that now goes in her 4 oz of formula seems to help some! She took 3 oz today at lunch (this is a big victory, cause usually it's about 1 oz.) Probably 1 of those 3 ozs. was on her bib, but that's still progress. We'll have to worry about getting rid of the chocolate later, after she realizes that cups are her friends!

We haven't tackled the thumb sucking yet. I don't have it in me! Maybe next week...If anyone has any brilliant ideas, let me know!