A Whole New Experience: Toddler Puke

Oh my goodness, so I thought I knew all about baby puke. I do. But toddler puke?! !! My sweet 13 month old has not been feeling well for the past three days now. She has a fever, sleeps a lot, whines and cries a lot, snuggles a lot (yay!) and is basically a depressed version of herself. Not fun when all is said and done. On to my story ... I was on the phone with a nurse at our small local hospital asking her a few questions trying to decide if we should take her to the emergency room. While I was on the phone, Kailyn puked more than I even thought possible. My poor husband was covered. And while I can handle baby puke, this was a new experience. Everything she had eaten in the past two days came up including A LOT of curdled milk. Yuck. Josh actually just stepped into the shower clothes on and Kailyn joined him! Needless to say our apartment now has a faint whiff of puke every now and again -- this heat isn't helping matters any! We took her to emerg (we walked to the hospital -- that's how close we are) and had a doctor from our church take a look at her. Apparently everything is fine. A "viral infection" with the instructions to give her Tylenol and keep her cool. We are doing our best but I must admit, I am ready for her to be her stinker self again. In the future I am going to very careful about what I feed my child if she is not feeling well -- something I can handle a second time. I know, gross.

~ April