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Published on December 1, 2006 By lifehappens In Blogging
Things you never knew about vomit that you probably wish you didn't.

A phone covered in vomit will stop working.....and even if it didn't, the smell makes it unusable.

A 22.5 lb baby girl can vomit 10 lbs of puke in four days and only lose 2 if you keep pushing fluids.

Vomit must be washed out of hair immediately.

If you miss a tiny spot of vomit, it will dry and form a cement-like bond with the hair that will not wash out with soap and water.

Screaming too long can induce vomiting.

Not screaming can too.

A child can be happy, smiling and start projectile vomiting without warning.

Projectile vomit in a car sucks.

Buy leather seats if you think you have a child who might vomit.

Not cleaning your car can protect the carpets from puke.....of course that means you have to clean or throw away everything that was on the floor.

Vomit can get inside the back seat pocket of the drivers seat and in the driver's hair durring said projectile vomiting episode.

A child can recreate the scene from the Exorcist in your minivan and then tell you she is hungry.

Don't fall for that trick. They are just reloading.

Disassembling a slimy car seat is harder than it looks.

If properly motivated, you can take a car seat 100% apart in about 15 min.

Writing this list can make you feel sick too.

Comments
on Dec 01, 2006
Isn't it fun being a mommy. Parenting isn't for wimps. I hope it finishes it's course soon. Four days of this? Ugh, I feel for you. You deserve some selfish me time after everyone is healthy again.
on Dec 01, 2006
If you miss a tiny spot of vomit, it will dry and form a cement-like bond


Have you tried ginger ale? Soaking for awhile underwater is uncomfortable, but sometimes works. Failing that, I dunno. Peanut butter (and I've heard mayonnaise) was always the great remover when I was a kid.
on Dec 01, 2006
Isn't it fun being a mommy.


Normally, I would say yes. Expecially when your baby looks at you with big blue eyes and says, "thank you mommy. I lub you!" But scrubbing vomit off a carseat sucks.

Parenting isn't for wimps

amen to that!

You deserve some selfish me time after everyone is healthy again.

I feel a chocolote attack coming on.....

Have you tried ginger ale? Soaking for awhile underwater is uncomfortable, but sometimes works.

How the heck am I supposed to get that much ginger ale? I just yanked at it .....a few hairs lost but it was a worthy cause.

Note: Down side to cleaning up vomit.....no matter how many times you wash your hands....they still smell bad. "It's the bog of eternal stench!"