Wednesday, June 3, 2009

It's 4:14 AM and I'm blogging


All three kids are sick. Yes, all three vomiting on the same day. Lucky me. All day I've been doing laundry: washing sheets, pillow cases, mattress pads, pajamas, towels and the occasional unfortunate stuffed animal. I've scrubbed down walls and stain treated carpets and upholstry.

What are you supposed to do with the pillows? 5 pillows now have become soiled during this round of sickness. All soiled to the point that I think they need to be thrown away. I hate to send 5 pillows to the landfill. What a bulky waste! But what else do you do with them? Thank goodness that pillows are relatively cheap to replace. Oh, I know the nice ones are $20 each, but my kiddos like the flat ones and those are $5 each.

Sweetness, my eldest daughter, was the last to fall ill. She came to my bedside at 3:30 this morning to tell me she'd thrown up in her bed. She is at least composed enough to hang out by herself in the bathroom while I clean up the mess. She even washed the flecks out of her own hair...I'm so proud!

The Big Guy had been horrible all day, so I was almost glad when he threw up in his crib at 8 pm. Better to have a sick little boy than to have a that boy be a crying mess all day and have to wonder if that is just his personality.

Spunky Girl started us off on Saturday night by ralphing all over her bed and then again last night. She'd probably be better by now if I could just get her to stick to the BRAT diet and rest...but acts like she is fine during the days and bugs me to go do stuff. I know the slip n' slide was a poor choice, but at least it got the kid out of my hair for a few minutes.

I wonder if I should try to go back to bed now. I tried sleeping at 3:45, after getting the last round into the washer, but hubby is snoring and I can't fall back asleep. Hubby is snoring because he exhausted himself fishing all day and caught NOTHING. Why would you fish from 5:45am till 10pm if you were catching nothing? Doesn't sound fun to me, but I don't begrudge him his time away or his time to sleep off the fatigue afterwards. The guy never gets time away to go play, so I'm glad that worked out for him. I'm even more glad he'll be home tomorrow (which is actually today) to help with the sick kids!

More things I'm grateful for:
* that the kids are sick now instead of in 3 days when Hubby and I are supposed to leave for a kid-free anniversary inspired weekend
* that I have a washer and dryer in my house and that I have enough spare sheets to swap on clean ones while the dirty ones are washing
* that I can call my mom in an "emergency" to hang out with the little guy in the tub while I get his crib ready for another round
* that I can turn off all the alarm clocks in the house and let the household wake up on their own

...and with that, I'm going to go try to sleep again. Nighty night.

4 comments:

  1. That is the worst. I've had both boys sick like that at the same time. After the initial round of puking, I put 3 towels each on their pillows (well, the ones that weren't ruined) and that managed to keep future ones from getting ruined. But, there really isn't much you can do but toss them.

    If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know.

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  2. I am so sorry the kids are all sick. Must have been a nasty bug that bit them. I can remember from many years ago what a nightmare it is to have everyone throwing up at once. I hope they are feeling better very soon. Glad you had your mom to help.

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  3. Ok-you are HILARIOUS! I'm so sorry all three kids are sick but I love your blog. I couldn't help it and I read all the entries. Take care and let me know if you need something.

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  4. This sounds like the WORST day ever. I don't think my two have ever been sick on the same day. I guess on the positive side you don't have to go through it three times. I really hope you and Scott don't get it, I think the sun burn on the honeymoon was enough. Sunny

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