the sickness

Caleigh has had a rough run of this cold season - in the beginning of December she had tubes in her ears.  About 2 weeks later she had a cold that wouldn't go away and was especially grouchy and clingy so we went back to the doctor.   Apparently you can have a double ear infection even with tubes in both ears.  You learn something new everyday - I guess they forgot to tell us that tiny detail.  So we left the doctor that day with double ear infections, ear drops, wheezing, and 3 times a day albuterol breathing treatments.  We didn't realize how sick Caleigh actually was until the week after Christmas.  It was like she woke up that week.  She starting walking all the time, talking all the time and saying lots of fun new words, signing please and all done, and was just a different baby all around.  It is funny how your kid gets sick and goes through a hard parenting month and you just don't realize how bad it was until it's over.  Caleigh is SO fun right now - I need to do a 13 month update soon... actually by the time I do it it will probably be 14 months.