A Mommy's Guide to the Pukes

There's nothing you can do to prevent it, but there are a few things that can help you survive it.

We've tried hand washing, hand sanitizer, vitamins and, my personal fave, social isolation from January through March. But somehow, the creeping crawling crud still finds its way into my children's guts. For example, this morning.

My baby girl has recovered well from the heaves and is now rolling around the living room floor showing me tricks. But this morning was awful. She was shaking, her heart was racing, and she was throwing up frequently. Which leads me me to my first tip: 

1. Write down the "puke" times. This may sound very strange, but it is so helpful. Stomach sicknesses are not as unpredictable as you think. Little C started throwing up 7:30. She threw up again at 8:11, 8:40, 9:12, 9:40 and 10:11. See a pattern? Keeping this information written down, I knew she was throwing up

Managers Of Their Homes (MOTH)

The day my husband came home and found me hiding under a pile of (clean) laundry on our bed, we knew something had to change.
In the fall of 2007 I had a foot-dragging second grader, a shy kindergartner, an ornery three-year-old and a clingy baby girl. Add homeschooling on top of that, and let's just say it was the straw that broke this mommy's already weakened back.