Theo has continued feeling sicker over the last few days so Jeff came home early and I took him to the pediatrician this afternoon. He has a double ear infection, a 102 fever, and some kind of viral infection which has caused a skin rash on his legs and shoulders. So he's on a 10 day antibiotic and tylenol as needed for pain. Beck started coughing today too, so we're probably a few days behind Theo on the illness calendar for him. The toughest thing is that Theo's been so uncomfortable sleeping that he's up every 20-30 minutes looking for some comfort, water, or something from us, so Mama and Dada are pretty sleep-deprived and getting sick too.

This next part is not for the easily nauseated. Tonight we're about halfway through dinner, eating quesadillas and roasted sweet potatoes, when Beck tries a bite of sweet potato and looks like he gags. I rolled my eyes, thinking he was being dramatic because-egad! a vegetable passed his lips!-until he throws up all over his plate and tray and down his bib, seemingly all the food he has just ingested. Jeff and I quickly take off the bib and remove the tray, and as we are swiftly removing all remnants of the disaster which has just occurred and preparing to deal with what may come next, Beck starts screaming for more juice and for a new bib and tray. Hesitating, we return his tray and put on a new bib. He takes a drink of juice (really water with a splash of juice, reserved only for when they are sick) and then asks for some quesadilla. He proceeds to eat several more pieces of quesadilla, never so much as looking queasy or even acknowledging that he has just thrown up massively. We kept thinking it was just a matter of time before he threw up again, but he never did. Way to puke and rally!

The funniest part was right after Beck finishes ejecting every morsel of food onto himself and his tray, Theo, sitting across from him, announces "I all done now." Yeah. Surprisingly, Beckett, your dining companions usually lose interest in eating after watching you vomit up exactly what they are eating.