A cold? I meant, a bug.

I mentioned yesterday that LB had come down with a cold. Which is true- he has a runny nose and is stuffy and cranky. But I didn't think he'd also come down with a stomach virus!

All day yesterday, LB went through diaper after diaper. There was one point where I had changed him three times in less than 30 minutes. And no matter what I did, he still got a nasty diaper rash, poor kid. But I wasn't truly prepared for last night.

LB woke up crying at around 11:45pm. I was already asleep and when I woke up, I thought I'd give him a few minutes to see if he'd cry it out. He didn't, and then I smelled the nasty diaper smell that assaulted my olfactory glands earlier that day. I really didn't want to get him out of bed, but I had to change him, so I did.

My parents were on their way to bed, so thankfully he didn't wake them up, but they came to check on us to see if everything was okay. Being hugely pregnant and standing around in a tank top (sans bra) and underwear was rather embarassing, but I wasn't expecting to see my parents during the night.

Anyway, I was glad they were up. My mom went downstairs to get him a bottle of Pedialyte, since we thought he might be getting dehydrated. I sat in the rocker in our room and tried to give him some. Then, it happened.

LB threw up all over the place. It was on me, him, the chair, the carpet, everywhere. If I was by myself, I wouldn't know where to start, but my dad quickly got a towel, my mom helped me get him into the bathtub, and my dad started scrubbing the carpet. I called the doc and they said to give him some Pedialyte and try putting him back to sleep. Luckily, he fell right asleep- he must have needed to get that out! But it was gross and stressful and surprising to have him puke on me!

So that was our first sick experience. LB was freaking out right before he puked- it must have been scary for him, since he hardly ever even spit up as an infant. This morning, he seemed much better, but we're still just feeding him applesauce and rice puffs. No milk or yogurt until Saturday.

Whew.