The Joys of motherhood!

Ahh the joys of motherhood,

You know those things noone warned errr told you about and shared with you prior to bringing your bundle of joy home.

in 48 hours i have had 4 children vomiting and diarreah in my house, now do not get me wrong the smells that make you want to vomit yourself but the vomit that you do not see and step in, the diarreah coming from the one and a half year olds diaper that you do not realize is slowly dripping all over the floor and onto your feet, Being a mommy is not for the faint of heart.

Wiping vomit up at midnight and then trying to mop the remnants up is enough to make a grown woman cry! When the toddler laughs as you claim I AM NO LONGER THE MOMMY I QUIT!!! as his poop (if when it is in liquid form can even be called poop any longer) drips onto the floor you just mopped at 12:30 (maybe it was 1 am who knows at this point) and you now need to REMOP! Can mopping that much seriously be good for the floors??

I am waiting for the remaining 3 children here at my house to get this bug and then for myself to be blessed with it. I wonder who will cook dinner and clean up my vomit for me? Ohh wait that would be me. I am officially the adult.

To hear the kids after a night of vomiting laughing and playing together it is such a wonderful sound. It truly makes my heart fill with joy. I think when you are being given advice or giving advice on the joys of parenthood we want to leave out the ugly parts so as not to mar the visions we have of how perfect it can truly be. Maybe so as we can also giggle a little when someone else is going through it and suffering and the vision of perfect is no longer there. And yet sadly when it is your own child or a child you love as much as your own to watch them retch uncontrolabbly breaks your heart a little because in this moment of weakness this moment of utter loss of control for this being, this child, this person you love no matter what, there is nothing at all you can do to ease their pain. Even cleaning up the vomit is not helping their pain because now this person is watching you yourself dry heave and attempt to not add to this pile of vomit!

Here is to hoping the remaining children here do not vomit do not get violently ill.