Oh what a night

Two things before reading this blog:
1)  Dylan's favorite blanket is "Blue".  You have probably seen him in some recent posts because he is absolutely addicted to him now and wants to take him everywhere.
2)  We have a fruit fly problem in the kitchen.  I read that if you leave a cup of apple cider vinegar and some dish detergent it will take care of them.  Ok, maybe it's worth a try?

Dylan came down with a bad cold on Sunday afternoon.  Things rapidly got worse and worse over the course of Sunday night and after an "all-nighter" we took him in to see the doctor Monday morning just to make sure it wasn't an ear infection..  She said no ear infections and probably just a cold.  Well, Monday was terrible and he was so sick.  Monday night was also an "all-nighter" except this time we had to give him a breathing treatment in the middle of the night because he was wheezing so bad. 

At 4am Monday I was up walking him around the house trying to console this screaming and hysterical child with a fever and breathing issues.  He wanted some milk so I sat him and "Blue" down on the island in the kitchen while I poured the milk.  I walked back over to Dylan and smelled the vinegar.  Yes, Ben set the cup of vinegar in the middle of the island in a little white cup and it spilled the vinegar and dead fruit fly mixture all over my screaming baby and BLUE!!!  In my 4am stupor I didn't see the cup.

But that's not the worst of it.  I immediately strip Dylan down and throw Blue in the washer on the shortest cycle I can find (20 minutes).  After about 10 minutes I walk back in the kitchen to find a washer FILLED with suds to the point that I can not even see Blue in there.  I open the door and suds go everywhere.  I had to take a picture because I thought at some point I might find this story funny.  Here is a picture of the washer at 4:30am, in the dark, with a screaming baby in the background.

The good news is we have made it and he is on the mend.  He ended up having an ear infection on top of his cold/breathing issues (after the second trip to the doctor on Tuesday).