I'm sure you're wondering how in the heck I'm going to tie these together but, for those who talk to us regularly - you won't be surprised at the connection.
Jacob has been sick for the past 2 days. He has a horrible barking cough and more guck coming out of his nose than I ever thought possible for someone so small. Jacob nor I got much sleep last night and him having a temp. means he can't go to the sitter and Momma has to stay home since Da has to work. Jacob has been very clingy and cuddly these past two days, more than he has in the past two months which is nice most of the time...except when I have to go potty. I've been alternating giving him mucus relief and cough syrup every 4 to 6 hours. Jacob now knows and brings me a bottle of cough syrup as it's due. I hear you other moms gasping...I make sure the lids are tight when I finish with them from the previous dose and as clingy as he's been, he's not out of my sight. When not in use they are put away.
As anyone who cared for a sick child knows, a good case of the runs always accompanies a cold. As per the norm, we had those today as well, however, imagine my shock when I opened the diaper to find his poo was the color of a green Crayola! This kid hasn't hardly eaten in two days...let alone anything that shade of green! I can't wipe this green off either. I'm going over, in my head, everything that has gone into his mouth since yesterday, mac & cheese, chicken & stars, grilled cheese, grape kool-aid, purple and red cough syrup, nope - nothing green. Nothing that makes green either. All the while, I'm wiping at his green tushy and this green, it ain't coming off! Everywhere on his butt that this poo touched is stained Crayola green!
I call Jeremy at work, the girl on the phone says "He's just finishing up his lunch, can I have him call you back?" Rather than tell her to tell him his son's ass is stained Crayola green, I simply say, "Sure." An hour passes, he doesn't call back. I call my mom. Of course, Edna was so helpful "What did you feed him that was green?" Hmmm, thanks Mom, hadn't thought of that! I wait another, oh, 45 minutes and call Jeremy again, he asks how we're doing at home, "Fine, but your son's ass is stained the color of a green crayon!" I tell him. And he says to me...
"Oh, that green crayon he ate the other day finally passed through!"
**So much for washable crayons!
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