Things That Are Not Cool:
>> Having both of your children sick at the same time.
>> Waking up in the middle of the night to find one of your children throwing up in your bed. On your sheets.
>> Having to change the sheets in the middle of the night while one of your children sits on the floor next to a glass bowl.
>> Waking up the next morning to find that one of your children had also threw up on your comforter. And your pillow.
>> Getting one child well enough to go to school, but still having one kid sick enough to have to stay home.
>> Getting sick yourself, while you have one sick kid at home.
>> Throwing up.
>> Throwing up so hard that you pee your pants.
>> Admitting that “throwing up” could easily be replaced with “laughing”, “sneezing”, “coughing”, “jumping”.
>> Realizing that you’re not even 30, and you’re making the same jokes about peeing your pants as your 49 year old mother.
>> Neither of you are actually joking.
>> Thinking of your mom peeing her pants makes you exceptionally sad that you don’t have your mom when you’re sick and covered in your own vomit and pee.
Things That Are Cool:
>> Having your husband voluntarily leave work early because both kids are sick – which marks the first time in 10 years that he’s ever left work because someone at home was sick.
>> Having your husband leave work early again when you call him crying because you are siiiiiiick and it huuuuurts and you peeeeeeeed and you want your mommmmmeeeeeee.
>> Having your husband finally just decide to not even bother going into work because clearly you are useless and both kids are now home because Veteran’s Day was in the middle of the damn week.
>> Waking up after being sick forever to find that, while your husband was bringing you soup and waking you up to make you take sips of Diet 7Up from a straw and rubbing your back and shoving little white pills down your throat because the flu is no good reason to skip your antidepressants, woman!, he also managed to clean the house and do all the laundry.
>> Including those sheets. And the comforter. And your pillow.
Very cool. Very.
Miserable!
Welcome to the oh so very exclusive Tinkle Club. Sadly, there are many of us here.
Yay for Jared!
Not so much for vomiting, though.
Yay for the hubby! Hope you are feeling better, and the kids too!
It would be more of a problem if you threw up when you pee too hard. Silver lining right there.
(Hope you feel better!)
Dude… I have been sick for 2 months with a cough and have gone through LOADS of pads because of the pee. GOD SAVE ME!!
Ahhh…the peeing….I hate it. Can’t laugh, sneeze, cough, throw up without the thought of “oh my goodness Im going to pee myself”!!
Glad your hubby is cool!
Feel better!
I love you for admitting that you pee when your sneeze/cough/jump. ‘Cause sadly, so do I.
Boo vomiting!
HOORAY Jared!
Sucks that you all were sick. Glad that Jared was able to help.
And for the record, just last month, I was puking so hard I peed my pants too. You are not alone.
I hope everyone’s feeling better. And I hope Jared doesn’t get sick.
And oh, the vomiting and peeing… they really ought to put this all in writing and hand it to you before you ever decide to have kids. Or even sex for the first time. Ugh.
Not only am I sick both my daughters are too. My husband has been gone since Monday.
I WANT MY MOMMY!!!!!!!!
I hope you are on the mend.
At the risk of making his head explode…THAT is an awesome man. Almost as good as mine.
Hope you all heal soon!
I know the cool things don’t make up for the uncool stuff – but he’s a gem. I hope you get well soon.
(And I hope you don’t pass it on to him, there is nothing worse than a “man cold” !)
Feel better soon. I know I keep coughing and am SICK of it. (and I cough so hard that it makes me pee and vomit… I am tired of that too)
It’s been a very long time since I’ve last thrown up… thanks for that reminder.
I’m so sorry you’re all feeling (and/or felt) so sick. Awful! How sweet is Jared, though? Very!
I hear ya…peeing your pants suck!! Unfortunately, I do it without puking…Yea for Jared, (they can be taught) feel better…
Even worse than peeing whilst hurling….CRAPPING your pants whilst hurling!! Been there…don’t wanna go back.
Ah yes, peeing at inconvenient times.
No one tells you that turning 30 means you wet your pants on command.
You never stop wanting your mommy when you are sick do you? Luckily my husband makes an excellent mommy.
Let’s also not forget, re-living your youth with your own children by jumping on the trampoline. You feel pretty damn good about yourself that ya still got it at 33 until you relaize that with every jump’s landing…you pee just a bit! Mental note made:”must use liner while jumping”
Love your blog! Had to chime in!
my new ob/gyn actually told me my bladder was low or slipped or some such shit because sneezing or coughing or laughing can make me leak. yes, i totally said leak. (at least you can blame childbirth, i just have a bladder that decided to move??!?!!)
i totally love jared right now. even more than i did before this post.
Good job, Jared.
Hope you and kids are feeling better soon.
Nice job Jared. Hope you feel better soon Britt.
Yuck to the vomiting and bravo to Jared! I hope everyone in your household has recovered because being sick alone sucks, being sick with your kids is the worst!
All of those things that Jared did FAR OUTWEIGH any of the uncool things. Seriously.
That Jared is a damn good man!!!
Hope everyone feels better soon!!!
Feel better, yo.
I hope you guys feel better, and I hope Jared doesn’t get sick, too.
**patting Jared on the back**
Didn’t ANY of believe the nurses when they said “DO THE KEGELS”
Jared totally rocked the caretaking! I’m glad you’re starting to feel better!
I’m with Peggy.What is worse than peeing when you puke is pooping when you puke. Not fun.
Hope you feel better soon.
Good on you, Jared!!
What’s even LESS cool is waking up in the middle of the night because your child is puking on your face.
Just sayin’.
Awwwwwwww. How awesome is that? I love you, little one, and I DO wish I could have been there for you. Damn teleporter’s down again
@Nanna, OMG you actually HAVE ONE?? I’ve been looking for one forEVER!
Lol!
My mom wants nothing to do with me when I’m sick. I’m pretty sure I need to re-negotiate her contract.
Life is never good when the mommy is sick too! Glad the kids are feeling better – you too! Hoping that Jared doesn’t get it!
Hope you feel better and that is super awesome your husband helped out in ways you needed. Clean laundry is THE BEST (when someone else does it!)
Yep, I’ve been there too. Not. Cool.
Have you ever had to decide whether to throw up in the toilet or sit on it?
YEAH. That’s even less cool than throwing up so hard that you pee.
I KNOW.
Feel better soon!
Husbands have a way of being totally awesome when it counts.
At first I was like, OMG do you lie in my house and I don’t even know it?
But then I got to the cool parts, and quickly realized…no…you don’t.
Am now printing this out and sticking it on the fridge.
Props to Jared!
I’m glad you’re being well taken care of when you can’t have your Mom!
Does he have any single brothers, cousins? Who like pregnant single women?
(No harm in asking, right?)
You have a keeper. That’s a good man!
Hope you’re all feeling better. And I’m not sure I would have coped with all the vomiting.
I love that feeling when you walk out and the house and laundry are clean and you didn’t even know he’d done it. Awesome!!
Things that ARE cool: me.
That is a VERY good man.
Great post.