Ear Infection

Nathan is getting to be too smart. He woke up yesterday morning and instead of his usual greeting "chocolate milk please" - he said "ear hurt". He had a runny nose for a couple of days but no big deal - so I kept asking him - does your ear hurt, I was pushing on it - he never said another thing about it. I was going to ignore it - the bad mother that I am and then my friend, Elizabeth encouraged me to take him (probably b/c she had been wiping his nose all morning while I was at the doctor). So I took him to the doctor that afternoon (luckily they could fit us in) but then I felt so silly telling the doctor - well, he has a runny nose for a couple of days and he said his ear hurt once. Then she checked and sure enough Nathan had an ear infection! I am so glad that I took him! And I am so glad that he is smart enough to tell me because he did not have a fever and I would have never dreamed his ear hurt.