Sunday, September 25, 2011

the vomit comet







On Friday at 2 am Keira started throwing up. She continued to throw up every half hour for 12 hours. I figured that she had contaminated all the other kids and I have a sister-in-law who catches everything. This meant that I would have to miss 2 very important things on Saturday. Around 3 pm I began feel silly for staying away from these events. That feeling only lasted 2 hours, when Ethan started throwing up. Luckily he is only throwing up every hour. 3 hours after that Amara started. Now I have Ethan asleep on a pile of towels in the downstairs bathroom and Amara on a pile in the upstairs nursery bathroom (Soren is sleeping in my room). I am soooo tired. It's like a Chinese torture when just as you fall asleep you're woken back up. I need a solid nights sleep and hopefully I won't get sick either. Do notice that it is 3 am right now.


Now it is 9 am (Been up since 6:30 when Amara threw up) and Jacob just puked on the floor. Just as I got him all set up, it became a quintfectra, Soren is now throwing up too. Quite amazingly just as Jacob starts puking, Soren pukes about a minute after him, it's syncronized puking. Nothing is worse than trying to hold a baby over a bowl while he throws up. Then after he's done he kind of smiles at you and then coos. It's so sad.


I started doing laundry at 2 am on Friday morning and I haven't been able to catch up. Every 2 hours I'm back in the laundry room washing, towels, blankets, pajamas, and my pants.

2 comments:

  1. Oh, I'm so sorry you have to go through the synchronized and sequenced puking. I have been there and done that. I know how hard it is and how tired you are. Just remember...it is temporary. You will get a full night's sleep again. Hang in there.

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  2. Oh my gosh! This sounds like a horror film! I've only had to deal with one child with the stomach flu, I can't imagine five. And, it is the worst thing trying to hold a baby over a bowl to vomit. Ugh, I feel for you. But, on behalf of me, I thank you for not attending the family events. I don't want your disease. Thank you for stopping the spread!

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