So for the last seven, yes SEVEN, days Brynn has been vomiting a lot. A lot is pretty subjective, so how can I quantify a lot? Well...
she did not keep any food or drink of any kind down for 72 hours
she did not have a single wet diaper for 36 hours
she got an IV and received 150ml of fluid and still had no wet diaper
she received 150ml more and then had a wet diaper
she didn't eat or drink anything for the next 12 hours
she was so weak, this previously walking girl could not even stand up
she only had Pedialyte for 24 hours after that
she increased the intervals between throwing up until finally...
she has not vomited for 24 hours
That account sounds a little dramatic, but it's all true. She was one sick little girl, but thankfully she never looked quite as bad as I would have expected after all of that.
So during all of this she was throwing up on her clothes, particularly jammies, faster than we could keep them going through the wash. As a result we quickly ran out of clean/dry jammies to change her into, so we had to dig deep to find some of Mason's old jammies to add into the cycle. Seeing her in them brought back a flood of memories of Mason when he was her age. It reminded me how different Mason and Brynn's personalities are. I am so grateful for two individual children who have different strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes, and appearances.
Mason at 8 months old.
Brynn at 10 months old, and even when she is 2 months older the jammies were too long.
Mason at 8 months old.
Brynn at 10 months old, and even when she is 2 months older the jammies were too long. And for the record I was surprised to see that their hair color is not very different in these pictures. I forgot how light Mason's hair was until after he turned 1. Maybe she'll end up having dark hair to match her brown eyes.