fluid filled day

there are no pictures today. and you should be grateful because i did think about it this morning. but let's start at the beginning.

this morning i had to go do some blood work and nicotine testing for the insurance at matt's new job so i was excited that maddie was sleeping in so that i could get ready. she finally started to wake up a little after 8am and i was thinking about how great the blackout curtains were working out.

the second i opened her door to say good morning i knew that this was going to be a long day. there was my beautiful daughter standing up in her vomit filled crib with a huge smile on her face and greeting me with a "hi"! this was the first time maddie has ever vomited so i was a little worried. but since she was so happy i figured it must have been something we fed her for dinner. after giving her a bath and stripping down the crib, she nursed fine and acted like her normal self so off we went to my appointment.

madelyn did fine and hung out with daddy while i was getting my blood drawn. i was going to run by the grocery store for a few things on the way home, but since she and i hadn't had our breakfast yet i thought that we should go ahead and stop by the house first to eat.

she wasn't all that interested in eating so i went to get my cereal while i waited for her to work up her interest. instead she started on a dirty diaper - nothing too unusual. that is until i noticed something on her shoe... it was poo. yes, poo had gotten out of her diaper, down her pant leg and on to the front of her shoe while she was sitting in her high chair. so off we went for bath number two!

pretty much madelyn was acting totally normal with the exception of not having an appetite and drinking more fluids than normal. the diarrhea had slowed down and i had only had to change her clothes two more times. she took a 4 hour afternoon nap and seemed to be doing better. she ate a little banana for dinner and drank almost 10 ounces of milk for dinner. i gave her a bath, got her dressed for bed, read her a few books, and began to nurse her before going down for the night. she stopped nursing and started snuggling with her sleep sack and sucking her thumb (perfectly normal behavior).

and then she sat up and spit up a little - okay - and then came my banana milk vomit shower! back to the tub for maddie to strip her down again. once i had her back into some clean pjs and in her crib to sleep, then i took a shower and sat down to reflect on my day.

i think that i am going to call the doctor's office tomorrow morning. she must have some sort of stomach bug. at least she doesn't seem bothered by any of it and is being her normal, happy self. but it was a really long day for mom... love.