Bleary-eyed

Last night Toby stayed up with me and Jason and watched Tomb Raider. Funny how all of my child-raising rules fly out the window as the children get older and I get more tired. Not only was Tobes up well past his betime but he was watching a fairly unsuitable movie too. Oh well, no serious damage done yet that I can tell.

Tobes went to bed with me at about 11.00 (more fuel for his future therapy) and later Jason went to sleep in Toby & Rosie's room with Rosie because it's impossible for three of us to sleep in the same bed anymore. About 1.30am I heard Rosie cry out and I ran into her room. Jason was sitting up with her and she was throwing up. He said it wasn't too bad so I headed downstairs to get some towels. On my way back up I heard her cut loose again and by the time I got there Rosie and the bed were covered in vomit.

Jason and I have been through this so many times in the past that we snap into action, even while still half asleep. Poor Jason has been training for the Chicago marathon in October and yesterday he ran over seven miles. Needless to say, he was hurting but he still jumped up with Rosie and carried her down two flights of stairs to give her a bath. My job was stripping, cleaning and remaking the bed. Once I finished that I carried the dirty linens downstairs, cleaned myself up and took clean jammies to Jason so he could redress Rosie. To an onlooker it was probably like watching a pit stop at the Indy 500. We each know our job and know that the faster we get it done the faster we can go back to bed.

Once everyone was clean and happy Jason and I switched places. He went in with Toby and I stayed with Rosie. It's amazing how traditional we've become over the years but I know J is the one getting up to go to work the following day so I almost always do night duty. I might have a demanding day ahead too but I can get away with being slow and bleary-eyed (I just blend in with all the other moms!). That's not such a good look in a business meeting.

Thankfully, the rest of the night was peaceful and Rosie was fine today. I don't know if it was something she ate or some kind of 24 hour bug but we got off fairly lightly (knock on wood).