The Night From...

So...you all know based on my previous posts that I was up late...I decided I wanted to go to bed at 10pm last night. I put Benjamin down and that was pretty easy. Then I nursed Evelyn and put her in her crib. I was pleased that everything had gone so smoothly (usually one of us puts Ben to bed while the other takes care of Evey). Just as I was finishing getting ready for bed Evey started crying and proceeded to cry basically non-stop until 12:40am.

I don't know what was wrong with her. She didn't want to eat, I changed her diaper, I bounced her, I rocked her, I burped her, I sang to her, I talked to her, I begged her to sleep, I even prayed over her. Then I tried it all again. I actually think she might be a tad constipated due to these stupid vitamin D drops the Dr. put her on. I'm not going to give them to her for a few days and see if she goes back to being regular. Anyway...After a long time trying and nothing working, I put her in bed and let her cry herself to sleep. I felt bad, but I was too stressed out to try anything else.

Finally, she was asleep! So I got in bed, was nice and comfortable and starting to unwind when Benjamin woke up screaming. I'm not talking about a little crying, or some whining...literally he was screaming. So, I tried my best to comfort him, but he was writhing around in his bed and didn't want anything to do with me.

Ok. Fine. This night stinks already....I told him everything was ok in a soothing voice, since he didn't want to be touched and I got back in bed.

Time passed and he just wouldn't stop crying so I picked him up and brought him in bed with me.

The second his head hit the pillow he puked all over my bed. We had spaghetti for dinner. It wasn't pretty. It was EVERYWHERE. On ALL the pillows, the blankets..etc. Thankfully we bought a waterproof mattress pad. It smelled terrible and I was gagging. I almost gagged right now thinking about it...ugh.

So, I put him in the bath, stripped the bed and started the washer. Took Benjamin out of the bath, dried him off and then he puked all over ME. It was down my shirt, in my bra, in my hair, all over the bathroom floor, up the cupboards, up the door...this time, I really had to fight to keep myself from throwing up.

I cleaned up everything else, made Ben lay down on the counter and took a shower...at this point it was close to 3am.

I put another sheet on top of the bed, for protection (and it's a good thing I did), he puked 3 more times, on 3 different sheets.

He finally stopped whimpering and fell asleep around 4ish.

He woke up at 7:30. I have no idea how kids do this. Just stay ASLEEP. I could barely keep my eyes open and now I'm just waiting for him to crash into a nap so I can go back to bed. I'm exhausted.

Yeah..the picture is bones covered in puke...enjoy. ;)