Reality CHECK: being a parent you really have to be ready for ANYTHING.
So we are sitting at Olive Garden with a BIIIIG group of friends over the weekend after church…we are all chatting and eating when one of the two year olds begins to get watery eyes and looks like he’s choking. My friend Charis JUMPS out of her seat and runs over to her son and tips him upside down to dislodge the food in his mouth- out pops a piece of bread stick that he obviously didn’t chew but tried to swallow. Ah. relief. She sits him back in his height chair and he just begins to vomit. EVERYWHERE. (sorry) but the food he’d already had was just pouring out of his mouth. I couldn’t believe my eyes! It was like a light red fountain…all over his clothes, the floor the highchair. And Charis says to her husband Bill “what do we do?” they were both kind of nervously smiling because although the child was fine and he was gonna be ok the area around him looked like an all night kegger had just finished up. And what DO you do with all that baby vomit? Whistle and casually walk away like nothing ever happened..?
They stripped his clothes off him, told the waitress and hosed the baby off in the bathroom. I am sure that was sort of traumatic for the little guy…good thing little little kids don’t get embarrassed.
It made me wonder what I am gonna do in those situations, I think I would start barfing myself…lol. BLECK! On the drive home Brandon and I discussed how we would handle something like that- and honestly first things first…we aren’t giving our two year old Lasagna. ever! lol.
what was your reality check as a parent? was it RIGHT after you had your baby? or did it come during an emergency situation…how do you train for something like that?!?!
Honestly the rest of the weekend was awesome. So relaxing and just ahhhhhh. I love three day weekends..but who doesn’t! Babe’s doing good- just kicking away, and everyday I feel like I get a little bigger..or maybe it’s this heat!
much love
kelly
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HAHA! you may think the vomit is gross now but by the time your baby boy is two, you’re going to have seen so much of it, it won’t faze you. When they vomit, you’re going to look at it like ‘ah man… now look what I have to clean up.’ My cousin’s baby is just over a year old. She was changing his poopy diaper the other day and noticed a spaghetti noodle coming out… yes a WHOLE spaghetti noodle coming out of his pooper! Apparently the kid does not chew his food, just swallows.
On a more serious note, when you see your baby choking on food (and it will happen more than once) your mommy instinct will kick in and you’ll become Super Mommy.
Best Wishes for your little one and congratulations!
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