I have decided that in order to be a really good mom--I need more education and less information. The past couple of months/year have been really hard on me. Here's the run down: Eliza had her first ear infection at 2 1/2 months old. She had her next one at 4 months old. Then her little body took a break but then she had them pretty sporadically and then consecutively since Thanksgiving (7 ear infections total in her first year of life). I HATED having her on antibiotics all the time. I HATED having her be cranky all the time. The doctor had already mentioned tubes once and of course, I flipped out! It seemed pretty drastic to me. I tried to do as much researching as I could--I asked other doctors, chiropractors, other mothers etc about what to do. I talked to the specialists. And it was so hard to decipher what I should do! Everyone had their opinion and that was how it was supposed to be--one side said, "Absolutely do NOT do them!" The other side said, "It's the only way!" It was really stressful and frustrating for me. I often felt like the worst mom. I finally decided to pray about it--I mean, after all the Lord says, "Ask and ye shall receive,"right? Well, I think that He's a pretty good source of information so it finally came down to us asking to understand what would be best and to feel peace and comfort with our decision. SO...
On February 10th, Eliza went in for surgery to have tubes put in her ears. Can I just say, "WOW!!" I cannot believe the difference in my daughter. Eliza has always struggled just a little bit with being as happy as I think she wanted to be--not any more. This girl is all giggles now! She is such a ham! Her walking went from pretty unstable to walking fantastically! I'm not kidding! She has a huge vocabulary now and is just a joy!! The surgery only took 15 minutes. When the doctor came and got us he said that there was a ton of fluid in her ears and that he was glad they'd done the tubes because it probably would have affected her speaking eventually--because most likely she was hearing things muted. Ben & I both feel truly blessed that the Lord has provided the world with the knowledge these doctors have!! What a day and age we live in! We also both feel like we are getting to know a whole new baby. Eliza is a constant delight now--we are seriously the most blessed parents in the world!
One disclaimer--this does not mean I will not continue to question my doctors. I will not ever do something just because a doctor says to BUT I do think that moderation in all things is a good motto to live by and again--I am grateful for the knowledge of all doctors, homeopathic s, chiropractors, D.O's, etc I think there is truly room for all of them.
