IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH...DO NOT READ THE REST OF THIS POST. YOU WILL NOT LIKE IT. THE CONTENTS OF YOUR STOMACH MAY COME UP. BEWARE.
Last Sunday I started feeling very nauseas. It continued Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Pretty nasty. It rivaled morning sickness (don't get any wise ideas). Then it passed and I thought maybe it was all in my head. Things have been pretty stressful lately. But then, Wednesday night Mason woke up for his middle of the night feeding and threw up all over Fred. (Insert dry heave.) Of course in the wee hours on the night we both quickly passed it off as excessive spit up. But then he did it again. Have you ever had to hold a 6-month old over the toilet to puke? It's a sad, sad thing. The poor little guy had no idea what was happening. And since this was the first time he's had a stomach bug, we sorta forgot what to do. Do we keep feeding him formula? Or pedialyte? Or nothing? Thankfully he fell back to sleep without any desire to eat. When he woke in the morning, we called the doctor who said to give him only pedialyte until he could hold it down. So 24 hours of pedialyte, he was doing fine. Friday he seemed better so we gave him formula. Then Saturday he threw up again. Back to square one with the pedialyte.
Shortly after that vomiting episode, Fred said he was starting to feel sick. He made quite a few trips to the trash can, toilet, etc. He was achy and tired; like a flu, but in the middle of the summer. He and Mason stayed in bed the rest of the day. Makayla and I ran some errands and played outside. I thought we were in the clear. Um...not so much.
Makayla woke up in the middle of the night with chunks in her hair, standing at my bedside, heaving. (Insert dry heave.) Fred and I split up the tasks 1) someone needed to help her finish puking and clean her up and 2) someone needed to investigate her bedroom to find the treasure awaiting. (Insert dry heave again). I bet you can guess who got #2. Yes, that's right. Mommy. Oh my...it was terrible. I am really not good at cleaning up puke. It makes me quite ill. I have a lump in my throat right now just thinking about cleaning it up. But like all good Mommies...I did it. I got it all cleaned up and in the washer while Fred got Makayla in the tub. She quickly fell back to sleep after all of this. Fred stayed with her and I stayed with Mason. It was a long night.
Today was better. Makayla was pretty lethargic and had no apetite almost all day. But around dinner time she wanted soup. She ate it and kept it down. Mason had formula all day and kept it down as well. Fred got his apetite back too. So it looks like we're on the mend now.
What a terrible way to spend a weekend.
Hope yours was better.
1 comment:
OEY! It makes my stomach hurt just thinking about the weekend you went through! BLAH! I'm glad everyone is feeling better now. Poor babies... they all look like they've had it in that photo!
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