What?

The daughter is showing signs of hearing problems. She will constantly say "What?" or "Say that again?". She just can't hear well. It has probably gone on for about 2 weeks now, so it is time to call her pediatrician and have him take a look.

I tried to test her by saying things softly, and she seemed to pick up very quickly when I asked "Do you want some candy?"... But something is definitely going on. She says it comes and goes, sometimes she can hear well, sometimes less so.

I suspect it could be a wax build up or maybe fluid. She has been battling a pretty bad cold for a while. I don't think it could be an ear infection, since she has had no pain.

She did have some ear problems a few years ago, it was residual effects from an ear infection, and there was some fluid buildup from nasal dripping. Some steroid nasal spray took care of the swelling that was hindering this to clear up at that time.

I will call on Monday and see if we can come in Monday afternoon or Tuesday. We have a play date scheduled for Monday morning, and we don't want to miss seeing our friends up in Apollo Beach, it has been a long time since we saw S and her two daughters.

We will see what the doctor has to say. I know they have pretty good equipment in their office to check ears, so we should be able to get an idea right away. Another benefit of going to Dr L (other than he being the highest ranking pediatrician in the area and being super nice) is that his office is a stone throw away form our house. We can actually see it from our back yard!

Hope you are all having a great weekend. It has been mostly work for me so far!