Poor Girl!

Sophia has had a rough time since her birthday. It started when she got a "boo-boo" right smack dab in the middle of her forehead. I have no idea how she got it, but she LOVED to pick at it. When we would get her out of her crib in the morning, we'd find blood smeared all over her head again, and again, and again, and she would proudly state "Sophie pick boo-boo!".
We didn't use a bandaid because she has had a reaction to them in the past, but I decided to go ahead and use a latex-free little circle bandaid to keep her from picking at her boo-boo. The next morning, I took off the bandaid to find a perfect circle of red itchy bumps on her forehead, so I guess she's allergic to all bandaids. The poor kid will have to miss out on the fun and comfort of getting her favorite cartoon character bandaids stuck to her boo-boos! Sophia also came down with a nasty cold this month. She's normally a real trooper when she's sick, but this time she would whimper "runny nose, runny nose" and start crying every 3-4 minutes. She even fell asleep on the couch, which she hasn't done since she was an infant. I took a peak at her ears, and it turns out she had her first ear infection. Fortunately she LOVED the antibiotics and would exclaim "I like this! I like this!" everytime we gave it to her. Unfortunately, she passed her cooties on to me, and 3 weeks later, we're both still running for the kleenex box throughout the day. Daddy was awesome at taking care of of his sick pregnant wife and even sicker toddler, so we thanked him by making him a card and bringing him some of his favorite dessert: key lime pie.

Sophie still has some fluid behind her ears, and she had fluid behind her ears at her 2 year check up as well, so it's been at good 6 weeks. We're giving her Claritan everyday and hoping it clears soon. We pray that she doesn't take after her Daddy in the ear department.