After Midnight

OK, what's the deal with children and sickness after midnight?!! I mean, why is it that the middle of the night is when an illness likes to make itself known? Can't it wait until morning? -When Dr.'s offices are open, stores and pharmacies? When we as parents are most competent, aware and able to do our best caring? Seriously, what's the deal? I never know if my child has an ear infection until the middle of the night when they wake up screaming in pain. And this is always the time the stomach flu hits with a vengeance. It is so sad to see their tired sweet little bodies so sleepy and yet so uncomfortable; when they have to be woken up, put in the bath and then back in bed just to throw up all over again. I don't think I'll ever understand it. The next day, there's all the laundry to do, beds to remake for the tenth time, and a sick little child that just wants to be held all day long, and us parents left feeling just as tired as the night before. Ugh! Here's a plea to all illness, please, PLEASE, wait until morning!