Sickies Everywhere ....

Ugh, I hate it when my kids get sick.

1. I feel so bad for them because most sickies are things I can't do anything about. Most things just need time to pass.

2. (This may sound selfish) ... the stomach flu is utterly disgusting. Cleaning up vomit makes me want to ... well ... vomit.

And that is what I got to do tonight. Clean up projectile vomit from both of my kids. At least Gabriel got his on the laminate, so there was no upholstery to clean up. Aitana unfortunately got it on the couch and the rug. It's gross. To top it off, G has had the runs for a couple of days and that just comes with it's own gross factor.

I didn't believe her today when she said her tummy hurt. I thought she was just trying to copy brother so she could get whatever she wanted (which neither get when they are sick, but 3 year olds like to think they can get away with everything). She just laid around most of the day. She wasn't even interested in playing when I got on the floor with them. Both of them just wanted to sit on my lap.

As I was getting dinner cut up for the kids, it happened. It was only Aitana's 2nd time throwing up like that in her 3 little years. Gabriel has thrown up before after shoveling too much food in his mouth, but it's still gross nonetheless.

They both got baths and went to bed easily and then Aitana woke up screaming and crying ... her tummy was in pain. The kid won't throw up again though. I caught her before bed making a weird sound and putting her knuckle in her mouth and when I asked her what she was doing, she said "Stopping the throw up from coming." Uhhhh... (yep, speechless yet again).

A call to the doctor and a call to Mimi and we got Aitana fixed right up. For those of you who don't know, my sister Megan (Mimi) is a professional when it comes to tummy problems. She has Crohn's and IBD and a slew of other things, so if you have a tummy ache, she's the one to talk to. She and Tio Ry-Ry drove over her late tonight and brought some lemon ginger tea and made it with some honey and brought a warm cozy rice pillow thingy and we put it on Aitana's tummy and after a bit she fell right to sleep. This is the longest stretch she's slept all night. I hope it continues so I can get a bit of a snooze myself.

Gabriel seems to be doing ok ... he's sleeping just fine, so we are keeping our fingers crossed.

Hoping tomorrow proves better and the sickies just pass on through. Now to keep myself from getting sick :)