Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Eye and Ear Drops

We had to give Miley eye drops all last week for what we thought was pink eye (now know that it wasn't). She did okay with it, she always wanted to rub her eyes right after we gave her the drops. The directions say "One drop in eye every 4 hours, keep eye closed for 5 minutes, do not blink". Um...that doesn't work on an infant buddy. Last night Miley finished off the drops and for some reason HATED it! She refused to open her eye, you couldn't even hold them open. Daddy had to sneak in the drop and Mommy aka the bad guy had to hold her arms down. Well, today Miley doesn't want to be touched at all. After I picked up her ear drops for pain, I had to administer them myself. So I swaddled Miley (wrapped her in a blanket) so her arms couldn't get free and then laid her in my lap so I could get the drops in. She instantly began to wiggle, kick, and claw her way out of the blanket within ohhhh 2 seconds all the while screaming bloody murder. I've never heard her reach the octave she reached today. I quickly pin her body as close to mine and drop the 3 drops in her ear. Which by the way are thick as syrup and just don't come shooting out, but it's done. I let her go and rock her so she'll stop making that awful screaming sound only to realize I have to do the other side and it just so happens to be the one that's more infected. So again I have to pin her down and the screaming starts again, by this time I'm crying. I'm get it done quicker the second time but we're both bawling now. Within 5 minutes of the ordeal Miley's out like a light and I promise myself that next time I'll wait for Stephen so it's less traumatic for us both. My poor sweet baby girl, I so hope she feels better soon.

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