Well, that might explain it.

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Claire has been sleeping worse than usual lately - crying hard when she goes to bed, waking up frequently and crying, that kind of thing.

I figured out why, while lying half-awake and trying to work myself up to get up with her.

She's got all the symptoms of an ear infection, except the fever. I asked her if her ear hurt (leading question, I know) and she nodded and pointed to her right ear.

I'll try to get in at the doctor's office today, for her and me. If it's already at the point where it's keeping her up at night, there's no point in waiting to see if it clears up on its own - antibiotics, here we come.