Bye-Bye Ear Infections!

Monday January 3, 2011

6:30 am
Caleb had his first surgery--tubes were put in his ears to reduce ear infections.

Caleb was a trooper! I think I was more nervous than he was!

He played with toys while we waited for the doctor to get all ready.

It was a little scary passing my baby off to some stranger who I had only met for a brief second but it was very quick and they didn't end up taking out his adenoids like we thought. Caleb's were small and did not need to be removed! The doctor said his ear drum had burst at some point and we felt very grateful Caleb had this surgery done.

The nurse said he was the best patient they had seen all day--granted it was still early morning! But they hoped all their patients were that good for them for the remainder of the day! The nurse also said they LOVE binki babies because they sooth themselves and don't scream and cry after surgery! Caleb did great! He was a little groggy for a minute and he bounced right back!

Now that he can hear himself better Caleb sure is a noisy little boy! We hope his hearing can help his speech as well. He says quite a few words and sounds, but no sentences yet!

While we are saying 'bye-bye' to things....let us pause for a minute and say goodbye to the 'stinky-binki' as we like to call it!! A week after surgery we said 'bye-bye' to Caleb's binki forever. I think it was harder on us as parents than it was on Caleb! We just felt like now that he was approaching 2 years old it was time to say 'adios' and give it up! He was only having it during nap time, bed time and long car rides--and those are the times it was hardest to give it up for! We had a couple of hard nights, just at first going down, but after that he actually went down better and slept through the night! We couldn't believe it! So Caleb gets a high-five, gold star, and a pat on his back for being a great patient and giving up his binki!!!
My baby really is growing up fast!