Epic Vomitus

Penny puked tonight.

Well, more realistically, Penny recreated the Exxon Valdez spill with the living room carpet acting as the ocean, partially digested milk substituting for crude oil, daddy acting as an oil covered baby seal and mommy as the guy in the yellow suit cleaning it all up. Chunks of meatballs and green beans played the role of tar balls just in case we maybe wanted to pretend it was the BP Gulf spill.

30 minutes later and Penny has new clothes. Daddy has new clothes. Mommy has new clothes and the carpet is now very, very clean in 3 locations. The boppy is still on life support.

Penny hasn't spit up much in her young life. Really, maybe a couple of dozen times in 16 months. Contrast this with little Isaak. I'd wager his count is closer to 2000. (He was 3 for 4 today. Struck out in the bottom of the ninth when his bunt rolled short and was picked up by the catcher).

That being said, I think the sum volume of ejecta might be about equal. See, Isaak just casually - vrpps. Some spit-up comes out, we wipe it off. Once in a while an immediate outfit change is needed...

Isaak is Old Faithful. Not the most dramatic of events, but a regular and known quantity.

Penny pukes like a food-poisoned Orca...*

And with that, we are back on the air.

*Disclaimer - I have no idea how a food-poisoned Orca pukes. I can only imagine it's gruesome. Probably involves baby seals.


Update: Now I feel kind of bad. Every time Penny has upchucked before has been gag reflex related. This appears to actually be illness. Bekka is off to the pediatricians office right now. She vomited 2 more times and has diarrhea and hasn't had a wet diaper since last night.

We had a great night. Or not.

Update 2: Shot of Zofran at the doc. Seems to be keeping stuff down now but the back-end isn't happy yet. Also had a good wet diaper, so it appears dehydration has been averted.