Fussy butt... STILL (teeth or ears likely cause)

Sydney has been a fussy butt for most of the week - with the exception of when he's medicated. Didn't OFFICIALLY take his temperature, but his head has felt warm for most of the week and he has taken a liking to removing his pants and running around half-naked so, I am guessing that he truly IS hot. He's been snugglier, which is good most of the time. Although, this week, he has also been QUITE WHINEY and near-impossible to please.

He knows he wants SOMETHING, but not sure what... he'll point to a food, agree to eat it, take one bite and swat it away - pointing to something else. He will bring you a book to read and then, suddenly decide that he wants to watch tv instead. He'll chose to sit in his high chair, but then suddenly freak out because he wants to sit in the booster instead (or vice versa). He'll say he wants to color/draw, but suddenly suffers from extreme thirst or hunger. He'll tell you he's thirsty and you will give him a cup of something - only to have him throw himself onto the floor; although, twelve seconds later, he will calmly take a drink. He'll indicate he wants JUICE, but suddenly starts signing MILK instead. He'll throw a tempter tantrum if he expected his food in a bowl, but you gave him a plate instead. Sometimes, he wails because he wants to sit in the recliner with Eddy, but Eddy is busy looking out the window instead. Behavior like this makes for INCREDIBLY LONG (and exhausting) DAYS. (I had even threatened to go visit Daddy at work - and leave Sydney there on one occasion.)

He threw a fit yesterday afternoon that he wanted to eat RIGHT NOW. My first choice (string cheese) was NOT what he wanted. He INSISTED upon a hot dog and a banana instead. He ate NONE of the banana and just a few bites of hot dog before changing his mind that he didn't want to eat ANYTHING anymore. (I broke down and medicated him shortly after that.)

With ibuprofen (or Tylenol) in his system, he is his normal HAPPY CAMPER self. (And you can almost set a watch to it taking effect in 29-31 minutes.)

Yesterday, he put his crayons in his ears. (He's never done that before.) At the grocery store, he kept covering his ears with his hands whenever we neared the refrigerator cases - as if the SOUND was bothering him. I'd GUESS that he may have an ear infection. To outsmart him from putting crayons in his ears, I fastened his winter hat onto his head so that the little "mud flaps" covered his ears. It ticked him off, but kept his ears safe (for now). Otherwise, his upper eye teeth had poked through the surface weeks ago, but seem to be STUCK in a holding pattern - without any visible movement. (So, I guess his MOUTH could be bothering him as well.)

Hopefully, he'll be feeling better soon and back to his normal, chipper self. (And hopefully soon, we will all get rid of our colds for good, too!)