Trippism...

Tripp has been sick for the better part of the last week and a half. High fever, ear ache, sinus infection, three different antibiotic treatments, three trips to the doctor, you get the picture. The problem just won't go away... Yesterday we went the doctor again. As we were checking out, the doctor came back to the front and told us that he wanted to put some ear drops in Tripp's ear. We went back to the treatment room, Tripp climbed up and put his head on the table, facing the wall. Here is how the conversation went:

Doctor: "Tripp, I'm going to put these magic drops in your ear and you are going to feel much better." Doctor begins putting drops in the ear and Tripp sort of jumps. The doctor says, "Stay still so they can work." He then looks at me and says, "Mom, we want to keep these in the ear about 60 seconds."

Tripp: "60 seconds! That's a long time!!"

Doctor: "Not really, as a matter of fact, if you count to 20, it will be just about the right amount of time."

Tripp, in his best serious voice: "In regular [I suppose he meant English] or Spanish?"

Doctor, amused: "Wow! Can you count to 20 in Spanish?

Tripp: "No, actually I can count to 30 in spanish....(then begins uno, dos, tres...you get the picture)"

Ear Drops in, feels better today.

I could have died laughing at him. The doctor was impressed I think, I was proud :)