The fever returned today so we took ourselves back to the doctor, where the verdict is...drum roll please...

DOUBLE EAR INFECTION!

Not that it's cause for celebration, but at least is a more concrete explanation for why our rambunctious one-year-old has been alternating between three-hour-naps and flopping listlessly on any available parent for three days. John got the antibiotics home in time for a dose before bed. (Edward's bedtime, that is. John only wishes he went to bed at 6:40 tonight after a 4 a.m. playdate with Edward today.) We're hoping for some overnight magic, although today's fever (101 at 1 p.m.) means he still can't go back to daycare tomorrow.

Interesting note: Edward is such a little porker (24 lbs. at Monday's weigh-in, fully clothed, no shoes) that it takes two bottles to supply enough amoxicillin for 10 days--9ml twice a day. Or maybe they were just out of the big bottles at the pharmacy. Either way, it was interesting to get the official weight. Just recently people have been asking how much he weighs and we've only ventured our best guess. He'd been a steady 22 lbs. for several doctor visits in a row so we weren't sure.