Extra Motrin

Ane is showing signs that her ear might not be hurting her as much. Yesterday was relatively relaxed, as I spent the majority of the day outside planting all my planters and potting all my pots while the kids ran around in the backyard, imagining and getting dirty all at the same time. The night before that Eli woke up screaming and grabbing at her ears, yelling that she was pretty sure that now she had "ear nafections" too. So after my yardwork yesterday was done we ran to the grocery store to stock up on more children's motrin. Now I know why I was prompted to grab an extra bottle...

This morning Malia was collapsing the girls' daybed that she slept in beside Eva last night. It was her first time collapsing it, and Ane and Eva were both sitting on the bed for a fun little ride as she put it down. It happened a bit quicker than Malia had anticipated, resulting in Ane losing her balance and landing with both front teeth on the top portion of the daybed's solid hard metal frame. I heard the painful cries and immediately went running to the source. I was doing the usual inspection, searching for goose eggs, bloody noses, puffy lips, or bloody tongues, etc. I couldn't find anything! On closer inspection I discovered that the bottoms of her top two front teeth looked a bit uneven, and there was CSI-like evidence of scraped metal on the bottoms of them...hardly noticeable, but there. So, time to up the doses of motrin. Lucky for us, we already have a scheduled dentist checkup on Monday at 8:00. No coincidence, I'm sure.