Ugh! I am SO SICK of dealing with stomach viruses! We're on round ?? now, and it's been 2 weeks of some child or another throwing up or having problems at the other end! Dh called me tonight while I was out running errands & told me that I needed to come home right away because ds had thrown up. This was odd on 2 counts: 1) Dh is an extremely capable dad & I can't remember any other time that he's called me to have me come home, and 2) he knows that asking me to deal with vomit is asking for more of the same problem! I do NOT do vomit.

So I got home and found out why he needed me to head home ASAP. I walked upstairs to find dh on his hands & knees, cleaning a HUGE spot on the carpet. Turns out that instead of getting out of bed & heading for the bathroom, or staying put & aiming for his blanket, ds got sick from his top bunk by just leaning his head over the edge of the bed & letting loose! Unfortunately, liquid splatters a lot when dumped from that height--yuck! Dh had already cleaned up most of the bedding--there was a mound of dirty stuff at least 2 feet hight! Our poor younger dds have had to temporarily relocate while we strip the crib (even down to the bedskirt!) and the bedding from 3yo dd's bed (she's on the bottom bunk). Only dd in the loft bed over the crib was safe from the onslaught!

Another thing that "doesn't mix" is triple berry pancakes for children who've had upset tummies. Ick. Well, we could do a commercial for Oxyclean--it did a pretty good job of getting triple berries out of the carpet!

I need to go to bed. Yuck.