I'm currently up with my vomiting 3 year old, hoping it isn't passed through all of us! We've been lucky enough not to of been sick much yet so at 12am it's got me thinking - what are your tips and tricks with vomiting kids? How do you minimise mess? What comforts your child? How do you get rid of the smell?
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Oh nl, fingers crossed it skips everyone else!
We have a few little tricks - we pull the bed away from the wall and lay towels around it. For a quick change of sheets, we do layers. So waterproof protector, towel, fitted sheet. Protector, towel sheet and do it about 3-4 times. So if he throws up in the bed we rip everything off. It all goes straight into a basket outside (to hide the smell and we will shake off and wash the next day). We also have 3-4 spare pairs of PJs and nappies out to do a quick change over if clothes get vomited on.
Always keep a wet face washer handy and we also have a smock for those power chucks so just chuck one on him when he’s really going to town vomiting.
Nothing really comforts him but we just try and stay calm and methodical as much as we can and deal with the yucky part after.
1/2 teaspoon of bicarb soda in a cup of warm water. I just give them 10mls via syringe every 5-10mins for 30 mins after a vomit or diarrhoea. Helps neutralise the stomach as bugs live a high acid environment. Of course still keep up with cooled boiled water and Contact your GP after 24-48 hours (depending on age)
I have 4 kids aged 4 to 10. I feel your pain, we've been there too.
Best thing I've done was buy vomit bags. Like I get onto eBay and order them by the box of 50. They are all over the house and in the car at the first sign of a bug going through the community.
And Glen20 is your new best friend, anything and everything gets sprayed every couple of hours, especially high risk areas such as the toilet, basins and taps.
We also make frozen cups to suck on or make them drink 5ml of water every 5 minutes to keep them hydrated.
As for the rest of the family, they can expect to either eat sandwiches for the duration of someone being ill, or they need to put their big person pants on and help cook a meal or two as I'm usually too busy cleaning up vomit, comforting the sick kiddlet or obsessively cleaning everything that might have viruses on it. *Should mention that I'm not OCD, but I have autistic kids with oral fixation, illnesses spread through our family pretty fast...