December 24, 2008. Christmas Eve. Apparently that year for Christmas, my gift was Hayden having the flu. This was the first time he had it, so it was quite a doozy. I spent all night trying to teach him to puke in a bucket. Being only 1 and a half, it was quite a fight, but luckily from that day on he's been a bucket puker.
The flu hit again in 2009, this time, Hayden was able to vocalize how he felt about it. He had been lying in the living room on his Diego couch with his Diego puke bucket next to him. He was at the point where nothing would stay down. After just finishing quite a power puke session, Hayden lies down on his back, looks up to the ceiling and says "Why God, Why?!" At that time, I had yet to really touch on the God subject. I didn't think he really knew who God was. Hayden had obviously heard me puking one morning from drinking too much the night before. As I think about it, Why God why?! is part of my hang over vocabulary. Hopefully he doesn't associate God with puking. Note to self, give him a quick religion session in the near future.
This year, the flu seemed to bounce off all our family members. It started with Hayden, who puked on his floor, thus the end of the world happened for him. "I couldn't find my bucket, so I had to puke on the floor! WHERE IS MY BUCKET!!!" was what I was greeted by that morning. After numerous, "I don't want to puke anymore!!"'s, the flu was gone from Hayden and had moved on to Jaedyn. Jaedyn was in the bathroom and unfortunately didn't have the chance to puke in the toilet so on the floor it went. Hayden was the first on the scene. "Oh that's no good. She needs a bucket" was his response when he seen what happened. Like many other kids, Jaedyn doesn't have a puke bucket. After I told him this, his response was heartmelting. "Well she can use my Diego bucket. It can MINE and HERS for pukin!" Oh the love of a 3 year old. Bringing our family closer together, one puke at a time.
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