Sick kids & "New" Carpet

Warning: Graphic content included. Not for the weak stomached...

One of the first things we had done here at our house was replacing the carpets in the four bedrooms. The rest of the house is hardwood or tile. Well, the carpets look great and make a big difference in the house.

Enter sick children...

Austin: He is on his third day of what we think is "molar-cutting induced diarrhea." That's our official diagnosis. It's the kind of funky smell that permeates the air and sticks in your nose. It's been an hour since the last diaper change, and it seems like I'm still holding the diaper up to my nose. Anyway... yesterday, on what seemed like a particularly benign change, I put Austin down straight on the new carpet of our master bedroom. My first peak at the diaper quickly told me I had underestimated the "24 hour bug." Long story short = first stain on our new carpet. Luckily, Jared's mom was there to scoop Austin up and put him straight in the tub while I tried to salvage the carpet from my carelessness. Our leftover packing paper (a.k.a. "second child's changing table") has become a requirement of all subsequent diaper changes.

Aidan: Last night, we went to Chili's for dinner. A completely unnoteworthy dinner that included Austin's grumblings about wanting to leave. Since he's sick, he only ate chips. The rest of his food, he just took bites of and then spit out because they were "yucky." Well, Aidan ate like a trooper while playing Tic-tac-toe with Nana. We came home with no signs that anything was amiss. Two hours later, I heard a baby cry out. Aidan appeared in the hallway covered from head to toe in his dinner. From looking at him, I knew the bedroom had not fared well. He went into the tub, and Jared and I went to the bedroom to gather up Aidan's dinner from the sheets, mattress and ... the new carpet in the boys' room. We got Aidan dressed and put him in our bed. Twenty minutes later we got to change our sheets, too. Luckily, the carpet had already been tagged, though, so Aidan didn't feel the need to contribute. :-)

Hoping both kids get better soon... or at least that I can keep them out of their sister's room until they do. :-)