live, from mommy blog world: more bodily fluids than you can shake a stick at

[same_sky]

Yesterday, I was musing about how I just couldn't imagine doing the puking baby thing that parents are always talking about. Nighttime wakings, throwing up. I don't mind poo and I can deal with wiping snot but throwing up is just not for me. And.. do you really need to ask where this is going.. last night, I got a heaping dose of baby puke. Twice. All over me. And my glasses. And saints preserve us, but I think my mouth may have been open a little but let's not even go there.

Dear Husband,

I love you dearly, beyond words, but if I shriek and call for you, saying that Evelyn has puked... the appropriate response is not, "I'll be there in a minute, just let me go pee." Because you do not need to go that badly.

Love,
Me

I might let him live that one down in a few years.

Anyway, so Evelyn has been sick this week. It came on Tuesday night, and she has been pretty miserable. I was fairly sure that I was going to be up holding her all night long one night, but thankfully, she finally fell asleep and stayed in bed, so I can't complain much. M and I are both exhausted, which is lovely because we also both have sore throats as of this evening. We are living with a miniature germ factory. :) This is just the third time she's been sick, though. Not too bad for being fifteen months old, I think. The first two times were at three and six months (I think) and one big difference this time is that she can talk. It sounds so funny to hear her talk through her stuffy nose. Of course, she sounds funny when she talks most of the time anyway. That's what it's like to be one. ;)

Did I mention that I got called for jury duty? I have sent in my form and letter asking to be excused. I used to kind of wish to be summoned because it sounded sort of fun, but at this point, it would be extremely inconvenient due to my nursing toddler and the lack of childcare. Surprisingly, Kentucky actually does have a specific exclusion for nursing (or pumping) moms, so I am not expecting a whole lot of hassle in getting out of it. I hope. I am just hoping I don't get commentary about her age. Sometimes it is shocking to me that most people have weaned their kids for several months by now. She still gets probably ninety percent of her nutrition from me. Of course, that percentage is not taking her beetle intake into consideration...

M just informed me that my left eye is completely red. I just checked (because I didn't believe him, I guess) and it looks like I have been awake for six days and dead for two of them. Approximately. I guess that's my cue to go take a nap. I fully expect to be up again before morning.

Comments

[grain-damaged.livejournal.com]

Oh no! House of Plague. I hope you all recover quickly and that you and M don't come down with the stomach bug.

[carrieb.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Poor sick baby and poor sick caring mommy! This post made me laugh, but that was due to your writing skills and not the content. I hope she is feeling better soon and you can get some sleep.

[e11en.livejournal.com]

Ugh, the throwing up illness is, without question, the worst part of parenting so far in my life. And unfortunately I have way more experience with it than I would like.

My kids were still nursing at Evelyn's age but not really in the daytime so I'd probably have tried to get away with a nursing mom excuse but then they'd see I'm working and kind of think, hmmm.

I was just thinking about E still getting so much of her sustenance from breastmilk and yet, she's the same weight as my 3 year old. And there's Reebert's little 5 month old who only needs one more month to catch up to Anders's weight. And georgiamars! Violet, at 18 months, weighs 5 pounds MORE than Anders! What are you guys eating that makes your breastmilk pack the pounds on your kids?!? I swear, my breastmilk must have been skim. From what I can see, it didn't have much in the way of nutritional value or immunity boosting properties. Skinny sick kids. That's what my eighteen months of breastfeeding (per kid) got me.

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

I suppose this only makes it worse, but she has slimmed down in the last couple of months, too, when she started walking. It's crazy. I think that she is genetically wired to be big and hardy like her father (I am petite and dainty.. well, at least I'm petite..) and I bet your kids are the same.

Mainly, I eat potatoes. *giggle* At least in a perfect world that would be true.

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

It kind of made me laugh too. It's a lot easier to laugh at these things the NEXT day, not so much while you were dripping with vomit. Somehow that puts a damper on the situation most of the time. :)

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I hope so too! I also am hoping that her stomach problem was just about drainage and not about a stomach virus portion of the illness, as I would prefer not to have that sneak in along with the sore throats. I guess if I am asking for favors, though, I also wish that we were not about to be sick at all. :)

[e11en.livejournal.com]

Yes, Anders is a peanut. Ingrid, however, in addition to being beautiful, is tall and thin. That's the reason why we have called her the Swedish Supermodel from the time she was about Evelyn's age. I think she got it from sister Cath because she sure didn't get that from me. I'm the shortest one in my family!

[courtesy.livejournal.com]

Ewwwww :)