{"id":57163,"date":"2015-06-15T06:31:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T06:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xenodochial-archimedes.45-76-20-142.plesk.page\/2015x106x1mommy-monday-3\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:28:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:28:12","slug":"mommy-monday-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/2015\/06\/mommy-monday-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Mommy Monday #3- Vomiting Toddler Tips – Mrs. Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Here we are again at the start of a new week, and I\u2019m ready to share some more tips and tricks with you to maybe help your life go a little smoother\u2026<\/div>\n
\n

This week lets talk about vomit\u2026
\nEw, I know- but with a toddler, it happens. And last week I spent an entire morning holding my 3 year old as he got sick. Every 15 minutes. I don\u2019t know if it was a bug, or something he ate, but it was yucky all the same.<\/p>\n

Here are a few things that you might find helpful if you find yourself in a similar situation.<\/p>\n

1.) Towels, or a (several) blanket(s)\u2026underneath wherever the afflicted is laying. My lil guy prefers his toddler sized fold out couch, so I just had a blanket underneath him. If he got sick on himself, I just grabbed the blanket and swiftly and quickly deposited it into the washing machine. You may want to put a few down, so you can just keep removing one each time they happen to get sick.<\/p>\n

2.) The bucket. Or in my case, a big ol\u2019 bowl. I keep it next to him on the floor, and each time I saw him wretch, I grabbed it and held it under him. He is too young to make it to the bathroom, and this made cleaning up SO much easier. After each incident, I washed it out and brought it back. He gets the routine pretty quickly, and knows to *try* and hit the bucket.<\/p>\n

3.) A sippy cup of water. Each time he got sick, he wanted a drink. But, I wanted to limit his fluid intake\u2026so I\u2019d say, \u201ca tiny drink\u201d and he knew he could take a little sip from the sippy. It really helped in limiting how much he drank at a time.<\/p>\n

4.) Crackers. I know most people follow the BRAT diet when upset stomachs rear their ugly heads, but crackers are the first food I offer once he is ready to go ahead and eat a bit. I prefer the unsalted saltines. Once he keeps those down, I will go ahead and maybe let him do half a banana after a couple of hours.<\/p>\n

5.) Flat ginger ale. Leave it open, or stir it up to get some of the carbonation out. My little one now refers to this as \u201cbelly medicine\u201d. Helps soothe those growly tummies that show up post vomiting marathon.<\/p>\n

6.) Lysol.\u00a0Just in case. I spray everything once it\u2019s over. I would prefer to avoid getting sick if it\u2019s the stomach bug\u2026even though us Mommy\u2019s tend to end up getting it anyway\u2026maybe it has something to do with feeling the need to catch vomit in our bare hands?<\/p>\n

I also recommend an endless supply of Disney movies to help your child sit still and relax instead of trying to run around and play, since sitting still is better on those upset bellies. Or coloring books, books, etc.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

What are your favorite tips and tricks when you have a sick little one?<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here we are again at the start of a new week, and I\u2019m ready to share some more tips and tricks with you to maybe help your life go a little smoother\u2026 This week lets talk about vomit\u2026 Ew, I know- but with a toddler, it happens. And last week I spent an entire morning holding my 3 year old as he got sick. Every 15 minutes. I don\u2019t know if it was a bug, or something he ate, but it was yucky all the same. Here are a few things that you might find helpful if you find <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,5,44,29,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mommy-monday","category-mommy","category-sick","category-toddler","category-uncategorized","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}