Parents - how do you deal with your kid throwing up?

[Bertha Venation]

Yeah, it's a copycat, but I've always wondered. I've never had to clean up anything but cat vomit.

[rcrush]

1. Stuff a sock in their mouth.

That'll fix it.

[Rambis]

2. bucket in the bed

or some sort of bowl- You become immune to vomit and other kid secretions quickly.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. Tarp. And a Shop-Vac.

One of those real loud Shop-Vacs, with the high-pitched whistling sound. The kid won't do that again.

This is all part of that "it takes a village" stuff. You're welcome.


:hi:

[MorningGlow]

4. Ugh. Not well.

I don't get grossed out (Mr. MG does--can't run from sick MG Jr. fast enough), but I stress out badly. When MG Jr. was much smaller, I used to catch it in a bath towel. Now he's graduated to the bathroom wastebasket, but I have to hold it for him and clean him up afterward. At least he's not drinking gallons of milk anymore--a return of that is the WORST.

...Aren't you glad you asked?

[MajorChode]

5. Usually it involves staying up all night

or sleeping next to them with a trash can at the ready.

[Iggo]

6. Point her at my enemies.

[MrCoffee]

7. MrsCoffee runs screaming; I bust out the mop.

I am the one on sick kid detail because MrsCoffee cannot handle vomit.

[AlCzervik]

8. my kid used to puke every time she go in my husband's car, we dubbed it The Vomit Comet.

anyhow you just clean it up, it's puke, it's not worth keeping really.

[ipfilter]

9. You have two choices.

Either clean it up or leave it. Vomit is nothing compared to rotavirus poo.

[surrealAmerican]

10. Poorly.

I would usually end up vomiting myself while cleaning it up. Then we would both have some ginger ale and saltines.

[Shell Beau]

11. Bella ruined her outfit today. She got to coughing so hard that it made

her spit up her entire bottle. It was such a cute outfit too. Oh well! I changed into something else.

[tigereye]

12. muddle through - it's no fun being up all night cleaning up vomit

and you feel so bad for them, since it feels so awful when they are little .You just deal with it...

When they are older you just make sympathetic noises, try to get em to the bathroom in time, and bundle em off to bed. And then clean it up some more!

[maddezmom]

14. I have a really hard time with it

I usually end up gagging and getting sick myself. My little man is a constant vomiter whether he's sick or not since he has texture issues. I'll take a #2 diaper over vomit any day. :hi:

[tigereye]

15. I don't miss those days...

It's nice when they are older and can get themselves to the bathroom. Isn't it fun discussing the fluids that kids emit? :rofl:


Hey lady! How the hell are ya? :hug:

[maddezmom]

19. Good

Miss ya. :hi:

[Midlodemocrat]

13. When it's your own kid, it's no biggie.

When it's someone else's? Woo Boy. TM had a friend come home with her in pre-school and the child vomited all over my front hall after eating lunch. As I was cleaning up, I had discharge coming from each orifice in my body. It was horrible.

TMI, I know, but I was obviously traumatized because my kids have thrown up tons of times and this was the only thing I can truly remember.

Oh, and once BabyM spit up and Mr. M (dumbass that he was) was holding her over her head and she yakked right down his throat. His own fault. He didn't listen to me that that MIGHT be a bad idea right after she'd eaten. :rofl:

[HopeHoops]

16. A bucket

[LeftyMom]

17. Try to aim them at something relatively easy to clean.

Throw them in the bathtub while you clean the mess up.

Luckily LK's not a puker so I haven't had to deal with it much. And now he's old enough that he can usually make it to the bathroom, if not clear to the toilet. And smart parents keep a wastebasket near the kid's bed for those illnesses that sneak up on them in the middle of the night.

Kids are much easier than cats- they don't aim for the carpet.

[Rabrrrrrr]

18. Rub their face in it while shouting, "No!" "No!"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. Write a blues song about it.

[Alenne]

21. Bribe my other daughter to clean it

or have my husband do it.

[Rhythm]

22. I dread tummy-bugs... LyricLad has a bunk-bed, and sleeps on the top.

So when the old heave-ho happens at night, it's often double-duty to clean up afterward.

[likesmountains 52]

23. The Barf Bucket...got a lot of use at my house.

[BreweryYardRat]

24. Mine left a bucket by my bed.

And in the bathroom, after one memorable case of stomach flu when I had to leap from the toilet and spew bile into the tub.

[TrogL]

25. warm stale gingerale settles the stomach