4.18.12

Well, that was a day from hell.
After last night's post, I honestly thought Paige was over the worst of this stomach bug. She had a bottle around 5:45pm, and went to sleep around 7 (no puking after that bottle, hooray!). She slept all the way through til 5am. The nurse that I had spoken to said that if Paige went more than 8 hours without vomiting, we could go back to feeding her normally (we were feeding her diluted apple juice and a rice cereal/salt water mixture by syringe every 10 minutes or so).
So, I stupidly thought I could give Paige a big ol' bottle - she finished it fine, sat up with Josh for about 20 minutes without puking so he put her in her crib. Do you know what puking sounds like through a baby monitor? I'll spare you the details (just those ones, apparently not any others). After cleaning that all up, she slept some more. She was quite hungry when she woke up, so I attempted a very small amount of formula. No dice. That came up. Called Josh to bring home some Pedialyte, since the rice cereal stuff was really difficult to get her to take. In that time, Paige became very limp, lethargic and totally glazed over. Josh got her to take 2 syringes of the Pedialyte, but my gut told me to take her to the ER, so off we went - Wyatt, while still sick, had to go to Josh's grandparents since Josh refused to take any sick time this week (have I mentioned he had fire department commitments every night except Friday, too?).
Paige and I settled into seat in the waiting room, and then she promptly covered us both with Pedialyte. Lovely! There were two very lovely old ladies who clucked and tsked tsked and, "Why aren't they taking that baby in yet? So sad."
Anyway, long story not-so-short, she wasn't quite dehydrated yet, but was beginning to show signs (the lethargy, sunken eyes, sunken soft spot on her skull). They gave her some meds to stop the vomiting and then we were shuttled off to the observation unit for a few hours while I force fed her more Pedialyte to see if it would stay down. And it did! She's had about 10 oz. more of fluid tonight (no more diluted apple juice!) and is still doing well. I'll be praying for a puke free day tomorrow....I don't think I've ever been so efficient at doing laundry though! ;)

4.17.12

This picture is from yesterday, before Paige got sick. I wasn't about to take any pictures today, it was like a scene from the Exorcist in here. Day #3 of what is surely The Worst Stomach Bug Ever. I'm hopeful that Paige will recover faster than Wyatt because she will actually rest, whereas he seems to be under the impression that sitting still for longer than 3 seconds counts as "resting". I feel sorry for the kid - he says he feels better, but he is still getting sick on a regular basis, so I am forcing him to do nothing and eat bland food and it's driving him up the wall. He was in tears over not getting a hot dog for supper. The worst part about Paige being sick? She's almost 11 months old and almost never sleeps through the night except for last night, even though she threw up in her crib more than once (which we didn't know, obviously). So if I understand baby logic - clean, comfortable crib does not equal a peaceful sleeping environment, but a crib with dried vomit does. Got it.

4.15.12

Wyatt had a nasty stomach bug today. I actually grabbed this picture after his first puke-fest - he seemed to be feeling better but it only lasted about 10-15 minutes. He spent almost the entire day on the couch, when I wasn't hosing him off. He's only ever thrown up once before, and that was when he was coughing too hard. This time there was....uh...substance. I'm not a puker. I haven't thrown up in well over 15 years. Is it too much to hope this is the last time I clean up someone else's vomit? :P It was more than a challenge to keep Paige away from him - not only did I not want her to catch it if it was a virus, but he wanted to be left alone. Nevermind when I was having to clean him up or rush him to the bathroom - she thought it was a great game! Poor kids, neither of them had a great day, so hopefully tomorrow is much better.

4.13.12

At first I wrote, "always happy!", but that not true. She's always happy if a) we're home, b) she's not hungry/tired/wet/being sat on by her brother. Lately she's just not been happy in a stroller or carseat. :S

4.12.12

Such a cutie. :) Wyatt had an eye check up this afternoon, and his vision (with his glasses) has improved greatly! He's still doing great with them, never fights putting them on and for the most part takes really good care of them.
And in case you can't tell from the photo, he's on a slide. I'm not sure what happened since I last wrote about his hesitation to use the slide, but now he's a pro. Twirly slides, bumpy slides, short slides, tall slides... ;)

4.10.12

I have a new nephew today!! Congrats to my brother and his wife who welcomed a healthy baby boy this afternoon. :)
Today Wyatt practiced his printing - he still enjoys it, he calls it the letter "game".

4.09.12

Believe it or not, they were both laughing and having fun. Finally!