A little under-the-weather...

Last week Sienna got her first real-life, big-girl, totally disgusting stomach flu. It was pretty awful, but she is definitely feeling like her old self now. The thing that was so surprising was that she was so cuddly! I am not saying that I was glad that she was sick, but since she rarely snuggles with us, we had to take advantage. We even broke our "no TV for Sienna rule" to let her watch a DVD with Daddy, but she didn't make it very long before she was asleep. 

I think she weighs more than the safety limits on her infant bouncy chair, but we were breaking rules left and right so what's one more?

I called the doctor on Monday because although Sienna hadn't been physically "sick" since Friday, but I was afraid she might be dehydrated. Surprisingly, the doctor suggested giving her some yogurt. Something about the cultures in yogurt would be good for her system...? Well I followed the doctor's suggestion and it seemed like a good idea. Sienna seemed happy when she was eating it...

But then...

When I was putting Sienna to bed she started to make a gagging noise. I turned her around to face me so I could see if she was ok (bad bad idea) and she was not. She lost her yogurt and most of her purple Pedialyte ALL the front of me. All over my face. Unfortunately my mouth was not completely closed. I have to admit that the whole vomit-on-Mom experience was new to me and I'm not sure about the yogurt suggestion (Perhaps I had offended her Pediatrician the last time we visited?) Next time I'll stick with old fashion toast and chicken noodle soup.

The good news is that all bodily functions are back to normal and miraculously, I never got sick from Sienna although Daniel did. Daniel mentioned that perhaps he shouldn't been kissing Sienna's face when she was sick. (Ummm, yeah - I would agree.) However, even though Daniel was achy, feverish and nauseous he whispered from under all the blankets to tell me that it was totally worth it.  :)