Just talked to my friend with the 9 kids. One of them came home from college with a tummy bug. A few days later the mom got it but it was only the lower end. Then the 8 yr old got it. A few days after that the youngest got it (she's 3) and was really sick with vomiting. Yesterday the 10 yr old got it and so did the dad. I called today to check on them and the mom answered the phone and was so happy sounding I thought maybe they were all well today. I said "how are you guys?' and she laughed and said there's puke and poop everywhere! lol The 5 yr old, 17 yr old, 14 yr old and 12 yr old all have it today. But they are all taking it in stride and laughing about it. On their big chalk board they are keeping track of it like a contest. THey are so hilarious. They are the only family I know who could make the tummy flu almost fun. Luckily no one was actually sick for Christmas so that was nice. This is the family that I shop for all year for Christmas. My life has completely changed knowing them. God is awesome! I wish I could take things in stride as easily as she does but like she said to me "what can you do? you might as well make the best of it" so hence the "contest" today! What a riot!

Many years ago, I had a 6 month old, a two year old, and a three year old. We all had the same type of flu bug. I will never forget sitting on the floor and pulling up the two year old's pants after a diarrhea episode. I was so glad I was able to clean him up and keep my stomach. As he was facing me and I was pulling up his pants, he vomited ALL over me .... I vomited right back all over him. He was quite horrified, but I remember just laughing and running the bath tub and we both got in and cleaned up. I have to admit, that is one of my better memories of being a mom. Of course, my husband doesn't get it.

I hope your friends get better soon.

Gross! lol Sometimes all you can do is laugh!!!

Yep, you have to laugh at gross. When my daughter was young we were at my mothers early one morning, and I was sitting cross legged in the livingroom in front of the heater while she was eating breakfast, she was about 3 at the time. She had been croupy for a couple days, and came in there and climbed up in my lap and then started coughing. The "stuff" started coming lose in her throat and I couldn't get up to get a napking so I told her just to spit it out in my hand. I made it just fine till she got thru - just phlegm (sp?) - and went to the kitchen sink to was my hands. When it hit me what I was washing outta my hand I gagged and ran out the door and PAINTED my mothers rose bushes with my breakfast.

That reminds me of the camping trip from hell!

A few years back me and my kids went camping with my friend, her husband and their three kids.

Me and my kids were in one tent and they were all together in another. About 3am I woke up because of all the commotion outside. I got up and their youngest had diarrhea all over and the middle child was puking and hysterical. The mom was trying to clean up and calm down the middle child and the dad was trying to clean up the mess. I took the youngest to the bathroom to clean him up. When I got back, mom, dad and the two oldest kids were staring horrified at the tent. Apparently the oldest woke up and started puking and then dad started puking.

Finally they decided to pull the duffel bag and any valuable stuff out of the tent. Then we all grabbed a corner and walked the tent, sleeping bags and all, over to the dumpster.

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OMG! These posts have me howling!!!

I was lucky when my kids were little. Only once did they both have a stomach bug at the same time.

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