DO OVER!
Maddie picked up a souvenir cold from her first birthday party on Saturday. The party was at an indoor jumping place and they had a toddler area where Maddie got to play a little. BIG MISTAKE! I didn’t even think about all the nasty, germy kids that had been there before her. Now, we have more snot than we can handle. She woke up three times last night and I had to suction, suction, suction, medicate, medicate, medicate, feed, feed, feed. I didn’t get to sleep until 2:00 in the morning and it all went downhill from there.
At 4:00am, Gerald woke up and said, “I thought I heard one of the dogs throwing up.”
“I didn’t hear anything.”
“Oh, well I really thought I heard it.”
“What smells like poop? Did you poop in the bed? Did I?”
“I don’t smell anything.”
“Seriously. It smells AWFUL in here.”
Gerald walks off and I roll out of bed. In the dark, I can see the spots on the floor. “Gerald! It’s not puke!!!” Under the harsh glare of the light, we see that it is, indeed, puke. AND poop! More specifically, diarrhea! At 4:00 in the morning!
So, we spent an hour cleaning and gagging and cursing. Gerald ended up having to run the carpet cleaner to get all the stains up. This, of course, woke up Maddie. As soon as Gerald walked out the door for work, Maddie started crying. Once I got her all settled down, I tried to go back to bed. IMPOSSIBLE. The smell of phantom poop and the dogs barking at every little noise kept me awake until 7:00am. Maddie got up for the day at 7:30.
I let the dogs in, foolishly thinking that three and a half hours in the backyard had allowed whomever to clear out their digestive system. Five minutes after they came in, Sam was barfing on the kitchen floor. Immediately afterward, Maddie had a blowout diaper and I had to scrub dried snot off of her face and out of her hair and wash her sheet and blankie. By this point, I was in tears.
The saving grace is that she’s in a great mood, despite the over abundance of snot and the hacky cough. I have to go to the store because we’re out of Febreeze and baby Tylenol and it would really suck if she was in a crappy mood. I’m the only one allowed to be in a crappy mood today. Got it?!
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Well, this sucks. If your pediatrician will OK it, the Childrens Mucinex worked pretty well for us. Clears up the cough and stuff so they don’t wake up from that.
Oh yes, you definately need a do-over. What a horrible day! I hope the rest of the week goes much, much better. And here’s to Maddie feeling better soon.
Sorry, but I couldn’t help but laugh. Hope your day starts getting better….it couldn’t get any worse, right?
This is terrible! TERRIBLE! This is the worst story of the day, hands down!
AH, the joys of parenting! You have officially been christened. No parent is ever truly a parent until they have exactly the type of poop-covered night you had. Welcome!
Ackkkk. Sorry. Been there, though.
And she’s going to get sick whenever she starts being around other kids. Whether now or in the future, gonna happen eventually. And yeah, it sucks.
{{{{{huge hugs}}}}}
It can only get better, right?