Up All Night

I wished that was followed by "sleep all day", but it isn't. Luke has caught some stomach bug and thus I was up all night with a barfing preschooler. The fun started at 11pm when Luke started crying. He said his tummy hurt and I asked if he was hungry (he's not a great dinner eater). He said yes. So to the kitchen we went for a bowl of cereal. He ate a few bites, said he didn't want anymore b/c his tummy felt better. Back to bed we both went.

Five minutes later a run to a screaming Luke and discover puke all over his bed, pillow and puppies. Into the tub he goes, strip bed, throw everything into washing machine—except the pillow—that went straight to the garbage can.

I get him cleaned up, bed remade and back in it. He wants puppies, and I try to explain that puppies needed to be cleaned, but that I would sleep with him tonight. He proceeded to barf again about 30 minutes, but we made it to the toilet. I decided we needed a barf bucket in the room, just in case we weren't as lucky next time—and we weren't. He proceeded to throw up about every hour. I think I got about 30 minutes of sleep all night. I hope whatever this is, gavin or I don't get it.

OH and the comedian Bill Engvall is right, an alarm clock that sounds like a baby barfing will get you out of bed in no time.