Last night I went to bed a little later than the rest of my family. Everyone else was fast asleep. I had just laid down when Katie started screaming "Help me Mom! Help me Dad!" I jumped up to see what was wrong. I was pretty sure she was sleeping, but she was making a lot of noise and I was afraid she was going to wake the baby. Katie was laying on her bed thrashing around having a nightmare. I laid down next to her to try and sooth her but she keep screaming and crying and kicking. Finally not knowing what else to do, I went and got Steve. Steve tends to get up most of the time at night because I sleep so soundly. I figured maybe she had done this before. He went in a tried to soothe her and I must have doozed off because the next sound I heard was running feet. Thinking Katie must really be in the grips of a night terror, I jumped up in time to hear puking in the bathroom. Needless to say after the all the commotion the baby woke up while we were trying to clean the first bout of vomiting. I took the baby and went back to sleep.
This morning, I commented to Steve on all the commotion. He informed me I slept through all the best parts. After he was finally able to wake her up and calm her down, he took her into the kitchen to get a drink of water. Katie laid down on the tile and told Steve to "Just leave me here." Then after narrowly evading being puked on, (though my couch wasn't able escape), and after the second bout in the bathroom toilet, he asked her how she felt. He said she looked at him like he was an idiot and said, "Hel-lo...I threw up and I'm laying on the bathroom floor."
I guess that says it all.
4 comments:
"Real love is hugging someone who is covered in barf." I'm going to embroider that onto a throw pillow for you couch and send it for Christmas.
I love the martyred comment, "Just leave me here." I can just picture here miserable on the floor saying that--funny in a I'm glad it wasn't me sort of way.
Funny Liam usually asks for me to hold him and then proceeds to puke. I don't know if its my personal body odor or if he justs needs extra comfort before vomiting. I'm just really happy that the last two times he was sick (during the same car trip) he threw up in a hotel and I didn't have to clean it. Bless the hospitality services in our country.
That reminds me of when Elsie threw up when we were at a restaurant in Las Vegas with you. She had just had spaghettios and they came up whole and stuck all over her pants. After the drive home, I had to clean out the car seat that was full of sticky spathettios. Ew. I'm sorry. I hope it's all over before your Christmas drive, or you may have some car seats to clean out!
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