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March 01, 2007

One quiet moment

So I'm the last one standing. Ethan got a stomach bug last Friday - poor kid - and seemed well recovered by Sunday. Then Sunday night he threw up a few more times. We took turns sleeping on a mattress on the floor in his room. Jeff and I engaged in serious handwashing, and we thought we were almost clear when Linna tossed her oatmeal onto her tray at dinner on Monday night. She was so bewildered by the experience. She had a bad time until the food was all gone, but then we just stuck to nursing all night (after I'd pumped so she wouldn't get as much right away) and she kept that down for the most part. She still had diarrhea, though, and we were going through pajamas like crazy.

Jeff had had a nasty cold last week, which I acquired on Monday. So Jeff was on duty for the most part on Tuesday, as we told Mya not to come and risk infection anymore than she already had. I think I didn't leave the house at all for two days. Mya came half of Wednesday, then went home feeling queasy. Then Wednesday night Jeff went down.

I guess if we didn't have kids I'd be trying to take care of Jeff a little, if he would let me. But instead, Linna and I fled the premises and slept upstairs together.

So this morning, I was doing OK getting everyone ready so I could take Ethan to school. I made breakfast, made Ethan's lunch, got dressed (didn't brush my hair or wash my face because I was afraid of the bathroom), got Ethan and Linna dressed. We were just about to go when Linna had the most incredible poop ever. It went all the way up her back, all the way up her front, and on the outside of her diaper in front so that I had to wade through the stuff just to get her diaper off. It was disgusting. (She, however, remained adorable as she had through the entire puking, diarrhea-ing experience.)

Needless to say, we were running late, more so when I got outside and discovered Teddy had been running around out front for who knows how long.

As we were driving along, Ethan was copying everything Linna was saying, which she loved. I realized it could be the most peaceful moment of my whole day, so I took a few deep breaths and enjoyed it.

Posted by ktingey at 07:01 PM | Comments (8)