Baptized by Barf

This week was a doozie! I was baptized into full motherdom. And by baptized, I mean COVERED in baby barf!

When Jade went to get Ellis up Wednesday morning (I was already gone for work), she had barfed all over her crib. She continued to throw up all morning, so I came home after lunch to relieve the nanny - we do not pay her nearly enough to deal with barf. I had the nanny oiling her up all morning - hitting it hard every 30 minutes. I stopped on my way home and got a very non-hippie remedy: Pedialyte. Some of the hippie pages I follow have recipes to make your own non-evil, non-GMO version, but I didn't have time for that. I've also read that homemade bone broth is great in these situations. Again - no time for that. She was already 6 hours in to Barfarama 2014 and I needed to keep her hydrated.

Skip ahead several hours and just know that the barfing never stopped. She couldn't even keep down the tiniest sips of water or Pedialyte. And no pee diapers for over 6 hours. In infants, this is when you go for help, but they (the nurse's line) told me a toddler could go 12 hours with no pee before you need to freak out. At this point Ellis had barfed ALL DAY and had several bouts of diarrhea, but no pee. She was starving and begging to eat so I made her some rice and gave her some apple sauce (BRAT diet). She ate some, not tons, and she seemed to perk up. She even played for a bit after her bath. I thought "hell yeah, we turned the corner on this"! Then I laid on the floor in the playroom and she crawled on me and fell asleep with her head on my chest, literally laying completely on me. I hated that my sweet girl was sick, but it had been months since she had sat still long enough for me to love on her, let alone get these kind of snuggles. I was laying there on the floor with my first born asleep on my chest, relishing the snuggles and togetherness.

We laid there with her sleeping and me loving being her mommy for about 30 minutes until she picked her head up, looked me straight in the eyes and barfed all over me. All over my chest and my face. It went running down the back of my neck, in to my hair, down my shirt (front and back) and as she kept throwing up, a la Exorcist, she moved down my body and soaked my shorts and feet. A thin layer of slimy apple sauce and whole rice was covering me, the boppy pillow I had been laying on, and the floor. Ellis was untouched, of course.

I got cleaned up and offered her some water and some Pedilyte, but she wasn't interested. She fell back to sleep and slept hard. I called the nurse line again and they said if she went 12 hours without urinating, to take her to the ER as that would be considered dehydration. I set the alarm for the middle of the night and checked her diaper. No pee. Damn it! I loaded her up, noticing she was slightly warm, and headed off to Dell Children's ER. When we arrived about 30 minutes later, she was on fire! The fever had spiked quickly.

Long story short - we waited 4 hours to be seen and Dell is disgusting! They didn't do much and sent us home with no fluids and she still hadn't urinated in 17 hours. We got home about 8:00 Thursday morning and Ellis was lethargic but had stopped throwing up, the fever was slowly going down and she finally peed. The doc at Dell told us this virus going around included 2-4 days of vomiting, followed by 2-4 days of diarrhea and then fever. We did all of that in 24 hours and I totally attribute that to my hippy oils! We hit it early and often and oiled Lucy up too. We had hoped Lucy would avoid the whole thing, but she started with the diarrhea on Saturday (no vomiting) and we're working on the fever now. She seems to have a much milder version of the virus than Ellis had and again, I totally attribute this to the oils!

Shout out to my mom for coming in town to help with Barfarama 2014! And babysitting the babies so we could have a date night!

Lessons learned: make and freeze some hippie pedialyte and homemade bone broth and find an alternative to Dell Children's ER.


Oils I've Used This Week:
Thieves - diluted and applied to everyone's feet and spine to combat virus. (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Pizza Spray (Oregano and Thyme diluted) on spine; both are highly anti-viral and anti-bacterial
R.C. - on chest for coughs
Di-Gize - applied on tummies for upset tummy
Purification - diffused to clean the air (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Peppermint - diluted and applied to feet for fever (included in Premium Starter Kit)
Thieves Household Cleaner - I basically cleaned my house from top to bottom with this. I love it because it's non-toxic and smells awesome. I used it on hard surfaces, carpet, pack-n-play - EVERYWHERE!

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DISCLAIMER: This page promotes ONLY Young Living brand essential oils. I am not a doctor and I am not diagnosing, recommending treatment or offering cures for ailments or illnesses. These are my personal experiences in using Young Living Essential Oils with my family. YLEO are pure, therapeutic grade oils and the only oils I would use in the ways that I discuss.