Mommy Guilt

I am sure i have many more years of mommy guilt coming my way- but right now i feel pretty guilty since i took the pacifier away from a SICK child. And the reason Eli FINALLY got it back was because he screamed half the night or so we thought it was about the paci- but it was because he had an ear infection! And on top of that, he also has croup to boot! Poor guy! I guess we never got rid of the ear infection fully from 2 weeks ago or else he has just developed another one! (sigh) This illness thing is quite frustrating & this time the dr. said that if he continues to keep them then we would have to think about tubes. But for now we are sitting tight since this is technically only his 3rd one- but boy have they been doozies! So 10 more days of antibiotics (plus 3 days of steroids for the croup) more sighing....