- Keep the car floor picked up. If not when someone throws up it gets on all 5 pairs of shoes, 20 socks, 2 coats, extra diapers and everything else on the floor.
- Cleaning up throw up in the car in the freezing cold is miserable.
- Playing mario carts on a big screen tv can give kids motion sickness.
- My favorite "tool" for cleaning up throw up is a spatula.
- Baking soda does wonders is getting the smell out of the carpet.
- Don't remake the beds until you know the person sleeping in it is healthy.
- I am so grateful I don't get sick from the smell of throw up. No, I don't enjoy cleaning it up, but it doesn't literally make me sick.
- Keep at least 2 pillowcases on pillows. 3 on kids who can't make it to a toilet or bucket.
Yep, we've had the throw ups this week. It started with Broden getting motion sickness, but then continued. One night Blake thought he heard someone throw up, then Parker started crying. He and Broden were sleeping together and when I went to check on him there was throw up everywhere. All over Broden, the bed and floor. I thought it was Parker, but after checking on both of them and cleaning we decided it was probably Broden. Poor boy, he was so asleep he didn't know if it was him or not. He was fine after that though. I did keep him home from school the next day, just to be sure. Sometimes I like just keeping my kiddos home though. He and Alissa played and played together. It was so cute. I really enjoyed having him home with us.
That night Parker came in to our room just after we had gotten in bed and said in a completely calm voice,"Throw it up mom." I didn't really understand what he meant, until I picked him up and realized he was covered in throw up. So I put him in the bath while I cleaned up his bed and floor. Then he slept by us on towels for that night. No, I don't let sick kids sleep in our bed if they can't make it to a toilet or bucket. I really don't like getting thrown up on while sleeping, or washing more sheets than necessary. He was fine the rest of the night, but the next day he threw up in the living room, then more in the kitchen.
Then another night he threw up in Broden's bed. So, all that combined with Broden relapsing with the bed wetting thing has caused me to wash Broden's sheets 5 times in the last week, Parkers 2 and in between all that I thought it would be a good idea to wash the baby bedding and clothes. Not so sure this was a good idea. I was so backed up on laundry. I'm finally semi caught up, but for some reason when I get out of my routine the house just kinda falls apart. Oh well, I thought I would write about it instead of taking care of it:)
We are not quite ready for baby. Our car seat had a few problems and we found out it is expired and apparently the insurance company can choose to not cover you if your car seat is expired and you get in an accident. Then I pulled our stroller out of the shed and it is covered in mold and bird food. I think some kind of animal lived in it. So we will be getting baby car seat #5 and stroller # 7 I think. Luckily we usually just get used because apparently ours don't last as long as we wish:) Hopefully our next post is a happier one:) I am happy even though all this has gone on. We have great friends here and are very blessed. I just laugh now at the sicknesses and things that happen to us. Its better than crying!
