I'm not familiar with the grout colors, so I'm no help there, but I hope your kid feels better soon. A toddler with an ear infection is no fun.

I've been nursing my newborn with workers walking around, too - fun, right? Fortunately, our GC's wife is a La Leche League leader!

If it's not too late to change, do the platinum. I'm not familar with oyster gray, but we did platinum based on Bill V's recommendation and it is just that right amount of contrast without being too much.

Thanks budge1. Will do!

My toddler is still in pain. Wondering if I should do the antibiotics. Ugh!

We have oyster gray and I'd consider it more of a beige. So if you want gray, I'd do one of the others.

Tile with oyster gray grout:

portland... I hope your little one feels better soon. Oh how I long for (aka desparately miss) those sweet days at home with my boys as babies.

That being said, I suggest you post a new thread with a title asking for 'Tile expert advice needed" or Need Expert advice on grout"... something like that. Bill V. is one of the forums resident tile experts and typically responds with very specific advice to threads like that. He won't know to look at this thread by reading the title. I don't know much about grout colors so can't offer you any specific suggestions.

Thanks everybody! She must be feeling better because she's obstinately refusing medicine. I'll repost with the need title.

Glad she's better! Are you in Portland, OR, or somewhere else? Just curious, there are a few of us around here. I also have a 3-year-old and a baby (5 months), plus some older kids (5 total). It's hard to make decision no matter what, but especially when you're running on no sleep!

Ear infections are the worst. I remember my then 18 month screaming non stop until I got the medicine going. Then I got one myself and realized why she'd been screaming.

We've since found some analgesic ear drops (I think they are called Auralgan). It's sold over the counter and you just warm it a bit and drop it in. The relief is almost instantaneous. We've found we can get thru minor infections with just this, but for the really bad ones resort to the antibiotics.

Good luck!

I know this is OT but I remember when my youngest (now 21) was about 10 months old and I was getting ready to give him a bath. I can just see his little body standing holding on to the side of the tub between my knees as I was testing the water. All of a sudden I look and there is green ooze dripping continuously out of his ear. My heart sank to my toes and my legs went weak. I felt like the worst mother in the world as he bounced and laughed waiting for his tubby. Never a fever, never pulled his ear, never got cranky, I had no way of knowing he had a raging ear infection. As it turns out... he's a 205lb muscle bound kid with a very high pain threshold like me who is half his size. Funny... out of all the good I've done for my boys... that is one memory that holds fast and strong.

Yes, we're in Portland, OR. I've seen pdxgal's postings, so I knew there were some Portlanders on Gardenweb. 5 kids, Snowyshasta! I'm throwing in the towel with 2 kids.

I'll have to try the Auralgan drops. The 3 yr old really did not like to eat any of the medicines, and we practically tried them all. The past week has been very trying with no kitchen, screaming child, and needy infant. I'll be glad when the kitchen is done. Thanks for everybody's kind words.

I can't help with the grout (except to warn that you should also buy caulk for the line between the counter and the BS in the same color you do your grout in....it's a MUST). But, I can send you a warm mommy hug from afar.

I am still completeing my kitchen remodel (I have the slowest constractor on the planet...two years). My son was sick most of them and he was a handfull so I can't imagine doing it with two.

I spent many an evening in the hospital working on details from afar....man that sucked! And even though he's much better now, I'm really dreding this week when we have to start work again (we took two weeks off so I wouldn't kill the staff) Locking the cats in with the dog and a 3 year old....ya that's gonna be fun! Hey....maybe we should trade :oP