the moral of the story: love italians

Faye has had this weird diarrhea thing going on- like she's had it for 2 weeks almost. no fever, but just poop. POOP! this morning we all got woken up at 6 AM by shreaking eels and a whole crib full of poopy baby. poor thing.

so today i was trying (and succeeding) at restricting her diet to the BRATY and seeing if that helped- luckily she loves rice, but bananas are suspect lately, and applesauce...eh. i was trying to be pretty strict bc i KNEW it would help with the crazy pooping. i'm a good mom, i want her to feel better. this WILL HELP. all day she was an unhappy, pooping baby monster. and i was an unhappy poopy baby mom.

finally, relief! after at least one tearful phone call, daddy came home from work a tad early and immediately put all grumpy girls into the car and trucked them off to Lucci's Italian Restaurant (our new fav hole-in-the-wall).

CARBS! EAT CARBS. When the day is crappy, and your baby poops- EAT PASTA ANYWAY. my kid DEVOURED her dinner.  i thought she was just not feeling good all day- no, she was HUNGRY!! who wants to eat applesauce and rice and bananas when you can CHOW DOWN on meat raviolis, spaghetti and garlic bread?? and you know what else- so was i! i basically looked at my food and it instantly went to my stomach; i didn't even have to use my fork.

HAPPINESS RESTORED!! smiles, laughs, conversation and we even had time, energy and happiness enough to go to Disneyland and walk around holding hands! i even treated myself to a chocolate dipped mickey ice cream. (something about eating mickey ears just makes it more delicious!)

moral of the story- CARBS: why fight it? forget this nonsense about healthy eating! who cares if someone is going through a pooping phase!? eat what makes your family happy, and BY GOLLY today it was ludicrous amounts of pasta and marinara sauce.

dear italians- i thank you. love, lindsey