Ear infections and long sleepless nights

I cannot believe how sleep deprived I am nor how much I have to do. We are leaving in 2 days for a week of camping on Kueka Lake, and the "to do" list keeps growing! We are in the middle of remodeling part of one of the apartments, storing up for winter (food, wood, etc.), and now taking care of a sick little man who did not sleep for the third night in a row last night. For anyone who has kids, you know how dismal the hours between about midnight and 5am can be. You have just fallen in REM sleep when you are jolted awake by a cry which quickly turns into desperate screaming...and you know it is going to be long night. I slept more sitting up last night than laying down....and not at all between 2 and 4:30. Poor baby, everytime he laid down, his ears hurt so bad. But when the sun comes up, he is as happy as a lark and you would never guess anything was wrong. Ear infections....yuck. I am off to make dinner for a new mommy....and dreaming of napping, but only dreaming...