Upon further review...

After some sage advice from my mother, who reminded me of my own penchant for getting and trouble kicking ear infections as a wee tot, I took Alex to the doctor today just to be sure she was over it. Both ears look clear are healing very nicely.

The doc did see a little tooth nubbin poking out of the top of her mouth and theorized that was the cause of the hub-bub. That we can deal with... Now I think we'll have a quick bath and another nap... that is she'll have a bath and hopefully we'll have a nap!