Got a tummy bug at home? We have all been there and they are impossible to avoid. And then you have kids and it gets 1000 times worse. They never seem able to hit the bowl. Or make it to the toilet in time. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve cleaned up the floor, the sofa, their beds, their duvets, pillows, favourite teddies. It’s exhausting. Here is our latest story…
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Tummy Bug at Home: Avoidance is Futile
Mummy (8 years parenting)
“Hi Mum, sorry to bother you but Tomos is feeling a bit sick. Could you come and pick him up from school?”
It’s the dreaded phone call from the school office. When you really desperately want to reply – “Urgh, feeling sick? No thanks, you can keep him until it’s over.”
Or “Are you sure? Are you really sure he’s not faking it to get out of French?”
Or “Thanks, but no thanks!”
Or “Sorry, wrong number!”
Or “Why God? WHY? Why me? Why today of all days? We only just got over the one Luc brought home. Why are the sickness gremlins back?”
But of course I didn’t say any of those things. I very politely murmured my fake sympathies and dutifully picked him up from school.
Another hour passed with no incident, so I bundled him up on the sofa watching telly and went to finish cleaning the patio doors (which I had been in the middle of when school had so kindly interrupted me).
“Mummy, I need a cuddle!” Tomos suddenly starts yelling urgently. The kind of urgent that is reminiscent of the toilet training days when they needed a poo. Oh I really do hope we are not starting with the bottom end.
“Mummy, I REALLY need a cuddle!” He really does have a flair for the dramatics!
I glance over and he really does look very green.
And, then he makes that horrible, infectious noise. Think of it like a yawn or a really good giggle. Once one person starts, they quicky infect the whole room.
I can’t lie. I really tried hard not to watch as he started hurling. Still making the awful gagging noise and I can feel my own stomach starting to think about joining in.
I flung the bowl of soapy water that I had been using vaguely in his direction and just hoped, that just this once, he might actually aim for the bowl and not miss.
But having no intention at this point of moving into the splash zone.
There are orange and brown bits floating in the soapy water. And all over the floor. The smell is rising. So is my own stomach.
*gag*
He looks up, all sad and somehow a little bit shocked, like he had no clue that he was abut to be sick. “Mummy, I need a cuddle.” He started to move towards me, spreading the sick across the floor.
And I know, I’m done for. There is nothing to save at this point. Cancel all plans for the next fortnight. Batten down the hatches and….buy a bigger sick bowl.
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