Special Time with Nana

Yesterday I left Jason with Grandma & Papa (until Daddy was done work) and took Sydney to my Mom's. Sydney & I did some shopping, had some lunch & then headed to Stratford. She was to spend the night with Nana to allow me to have some "me time" with my friend Sherry in Goderich.

On the way to Stratford she fell asleep in the car& woke up about 10 minutes from my Mom's. When she woke, she asked for her juice but then gave it back to me saying that she didn't want it. She then told me that she was cold & shortly thereafter started to throw up. I pulled over, went to her in the back to be sure that she was alright- as alright as she can be after losing the contents of her stomach all over her. I told her that we were only a few minutes from Nana's & that as soon as we got there we would get her out & get her cleaned up. I called Mom's to warn them of our arrival.

Instead of getting her out of the car seat, I brought her out of the car with the car seat in hopes of not getting anymore vomit in the car than we had too. Good move on my part & then thankfully my brother took care of the rest of the clean-up of the car while my Mom & I got Sydney in the tub. Besides puking, she seemed fine & was happy as a lark once she was clean. I was wondering if I should cancel my visit with Sherry, but Sydney seemed fine & my Mom was fine with me going, so off I went. All Sydney had to say when I left was "bye Mommy".

So, in my time away I got to see a great movie, The Painted Veil, sit & chat with a good friend, sleep without listening for my children, and most favouritely...sleep in until 8:30am!!!

Sydney did have another throw-up session at dinnertime, but my Mom said besides the vomiting that you would not have known that there was anything wrong with her. She was happy, playing, & slept well. She did not eat well, but my Mom wasn't going to push it since when she encouraged Sydney to eat her dinner last night- Sydney ended up putting it all back on the table before the end of the meal. Sounds yummy doesn't it???

Today, they seemed to have a good day. They went to a great store in Stratford, Fundamental Books & Toys, where she got two of her favourite things- a storybook & a sticker book. Then they went to the river to feed the swans & then to the mall for some lunch. Somewhere in their adventures Sydney also managed to get a pair of Crocs. Mom said that Sydney wanted to hold the Crocs in the car. When Mom looked back at her when they were leaving the mall parking lot Sydney had her running shoes off, the Crocs on & she was fast asleep. Obviously still a little under the weather.

She was fine on the way home & the closer we got to home the more animated she became. We put her to bed early tonight & she did have a bit of a fever. Hopefully it is just a 24-hour bug & she will wake up good as new. She is not impressed with Mommy & Daddy that we would not let her have any chocolate after supper. I figure that when she has only eaten one good meal in 24 hours & has very little in her stomach- the last thing she needs is chocolate. She informed us that she isn't sick & that she can have chocolate. I have a feeling that the first thing we may hear from her tomorrow morning is that she feels better & would like some chocolate.


The timing of the puking in the car seat was actually a good one since we were getting a new car seat from Craig this weekend.