A Little Bonding

This summer Olivia went through a rough time of having ear infection. She had it 3 times in a 6 week period in August and then nothing. Th ironic thing is that she had these ear infections during the 6 weeks she had swim lessons. Now doctors will tell you that swimming had nothing to do with her ear infections, but I find it kind of odd that once the swimming lessons ended, so did the ear infections. How is that odd?

So I was thinking that Olivia was heading into another ear infection this past week, but I was wrong, it was Elliot. He was sent home from the sitter Wednesday with what I thought was a temp and a cold. However, when I brushed my hand by his ear Friday morning and he winced and cried, I realized what I thought was probably a wee bit wrong. While I felt bad that Elliot was sick and not feeling well, I was also glad for my time alone with him. Very seldom do I get to spend time with just Elliot. I spend a lot of one on one time with Olivia going places and doing fun things with her because she is older and can do more things. Elliot just isn't at that age yet. I loved that he just hung out on my lap, that we played catch with his binky and yellow ball, and that we were just together by ourselves. It was two of the best "sick days" I have ever had.