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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Barf Bowls

I can already see the Big Giraffe rolling his eyes when he reads the title of this post. You can just file it under "things you like to talk about with your friends." Plus being able to talk freely about bodily fluids seems to be like the stamp of parenthood.

Last night our older son complained of having a stomach ache. As usual I didn't take him too seriously because his complaint didn't start until it was time for bedtime rituals. OS was tucked into bed, and the Big Giraffe and I finally were able to start catching up on each other's weekends. Yes, we hadn't really had a chance to talk about them.

A short while later, we heard OS cry out that his stomach hurt. This time we knew he was serious and BG took him to the bathroom where he promptly threw up everywhere except for the toilet. After a little while, he felt better and went back to bed only to wake up a short while later and vomit again.

I have to confess that under the guise of joke, I grabbed the handouts I had received from EI on the Swine Flu to double check. OS looked like he felt better and after a little bit was ready to go back upstairs. However, I had a feeling that he wasn't "finished" for the evening. I looked around to try and find something for him to throw up into just in case. I have heard of parents using the pot of a potty chair for the purpose. Honestly just thinking about that makes me queasy. I didn't want to use one of our regular pots because I knew that I would always know that vomit had been in it. That's when I came up with a different idea. Seeing as most of my brilliant ideas flop and this one actually worked I thought I would share it. I took an old Gladware container. I figured that at best it could be recycled and at worst it could be tossed. OS looked skeptical, and I could see him thinking that it was a lot easier to just throw up on the floor. I then took out a blue Sharpie and wrote his name on it in big letters and drew a pictures of our dog and two cats. Alright my idea of a drawing basically consists of stick figures, but OS was delighted with it. Unfortunately he had the opportunity to use it later.

This morning I kept him home from school and canceled our afternoon playdate. I figured it would be a low key TV day. Guess I shouldn't be complaining that OS felt totally fine. Yes, he was practically bouncing off the walls. The rest of us are doing fine (knock on wood). I'm wondering if maybe it was just from the heat because it was really hot upstairs.

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: Take an old Gladware container and with a few strokes of a pen, you'll have a personalized vomit container for your child.

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