I didn’t expect it this soon, but with the kids going back to school and being around other kids it was only a matter of time til the sicknesses began. Emery woke up crying screeching around 3 a.m. I went in to check on him and his bed was wet. Diaper leak? No. I assumed at that point it was water from his sippy cup. Took the wet sheets off and tucked him back in. But when I leaned down to snuggle him good night, I smelled something funny. One quick flick of the light in the hallway and I noticed the orangish-pink color. And the chunks. Nice.
Lesson learned: always turn on a light when checking on little ones in the middle of the night. (Can’t believe I don’t know that by now!)
So not knowing if it was going to be a one time thing, I got him cleaned up and back into bed. I stayed with him about 30 minutes, then went back to bed myself. A few minutes later I heard more coughing and crying and ….well, you know the sound that comes next.
I figured I was up for the night. That was 2.5 hours and 3 clean shirts ago. I have watched the end of Dead Poets Society and 2 news programs while holding my poor pukey little boy. He is finally sleeping peacefully on the couch and I was trying to decide if I should go back to bed or blog? I opted for this (obviously) since my daily alarm is about to go off anyways. I’m sure I can survive the day on 4 hours sleep…I am a Mom after all! (yawn!)
9 Comments