Good times at our house

*Note-the following post is not for those with a weak stomach*

Said with a hint of sarcasm, it's been a fun week in the White household. I started the week off last week with a stomach bug. Noah followed later that day with a touch of the same thing, but thankfully not too bad. Except then he got pink eye (trip #1 to the doctor and pharmacy). And then Mike got the stomach bug. We all got mostly better, then went in for Noah's 9 month well check on Friday (trip#2 to the doctor) and were told he had an ear infection. And we need to use a special steriod cream for him for a little while (trip #2 to the pharmacy for meds #2 and #3). Oh, and since his last ear infection was hard to clear he has to be on stronger antibiotics that have given him horrible diarrhea. So at this point here's a list of the current medicines our little walking medicine cabinet is on:
Eye drops for pink eye
Antibiotics for ear infection
Ibuprofen for ear pain/fever (only sometimes needs this)
Steroid cream
Saline nasal spray (to help with the congestion that led to the ear infection in the first place)
Diaper rash cream (to help treat/prevent the inevitable rash that will come from the antibiotics and diarrhea)
Lactinex granules (a type of probiotic to help restore the good bacteria in his belly)

The best part though has been dealing with the resulting bodily fluids. Since he's had some congestion, about once or twice a day the drainage seems to gag him and cause him to throw up. We actually had what Mike calls the fountain experience the other night where he was reclining in my arms because I was trying to convince him to take one of the above listed medicines and he threw up and it actually sprayed out of his mouth and hit me in the neck/chest. Yum. The next day he got less of me and more of the floor. When I had to put him down to try to clean up he promplty started to try to play in the mess he'd made on the tile.

And then there's the pooping. We've had some blowouts before, but the other night he had one that actually went all the way up the back of his jammies and then down into one of the sleeves. This morning Mike said he found poop all the way down in the foot of his jammies.

And anyone that has had kids can imagine what fun it is to try to get eye drops into the eyes of a 9 month old that has his mind made up that NOT A THING is going to get in his eyes!

So yeah, good times. I know this too shall pass. What small child doesn't sometime come with an array of infections and bodily fluids sometimes. I will say some of these experiences with Noah give me an all new level of sympathy and understanding for parents that I interact with at work. God has a funny way of teaching us things sometimes.