The doctor is in

Yesterday I received a phone call from my neighbor who started the conversation off by saying "Christy, I need some parenting advice".

I felt extremely proud despite the fact that 1 kid was outside in the dirt with no shoes, the 3 year old was carrying around some rusted railroad ties, the 3rd was "cleaning" her shower hating me for making her do it, and the 14 year old was sitting outside with his feet up drinking his 2nd Mountain Dew in 2 hours.

"What can I do for you?" I asked proudly.

Apparently her 2 years old twins are sick, but 1 of them has been vomiting all morning. I immediately felt at ease because unfortunately, I have become an expert in vomiting kids.

She says "Amy has thrown up 5 times already. What can I do?" She then proceeded to tell me the list of things she tried to feed Amy - Milk, yogurt, vegtables -

May I just say (and maybe it is just me) that I have never once thrown up and then thought wow! I would love a giant glass of milk right now!

I start panicking and trying to come up with a response where I can say Wow! Your crazy! Without saying "Wow! Your crazy"

So, being Dr. Christy as I am, I pull out my crazy magic tricks and suggest Pedialite and toast, and then tell her that dairy is probably the worst thing you can give her.

So about 10 minutes later I hike over to her house, and she is shaking nervous. So I gave her the 2 best pieces of advice I had for her.

1) If she is crying real tears, she is not dehydrated.

2) Although no one wants a puking child, everyone wants the extra time that their sleeping all day provides.

Wished her good luck and went back to my house to clean up the tiki torch oil off of Harlee who Mike and Jesse were watching.