OK, bad mother of the year award goes to.......ME.

For about a month now I have been complaining about Cooper teething. He has been grizzly and sleeping really badly through the night. During the day he can have this constant whine going on which drives me batty. Then at night, he has been stirring heaps and wakes up screaming and wont resettle, so I have been taking him into the spare bed with me to sleep.

Today I went to the MCHN for his 8 month check up and mentioned how badly he was teething. She said I should get a dr to look at him because teething shouldn't be so bad and go on for so long. Should be a couple of days max.

So....I took him to the dr this afternoon and yes he is teething BUT he has a mild ear infection...explaining his screaming at night because when they lay down the pressure builds up causing them pain.

I feel so bad, I should have had him looked at sooner, but the symptoms were the same as teething (pulling at ears, screaming, unsettled sleeps etc). Bad mummy!!!