Welcome to the exciting world of solid foods. You never know what you're going to get. It could be rounds and rounds of throw up depending on what the little one has tried to ingest. The other day, the little one threw up while sitting on the floor, saw it - wondered what it was and then proceeded to pat his hands in it. The good thing is we have hardwood floors. I had to whisk him off the floor and run to the kitchen sink to wash his hands, and he then proceeded to throw up some more. I heard a small clanking sound in the sink..what was it? It was a small clear plastic disc...a furniture glide from the piano bench. Hmm not sure if he actually swallowed it or if it was just stuck in his mouth so that's why he started to up chuck. Anyways, it looks like this kid will try to eat anything now that he's learning to eat solids. It also means we really have to be careful about what he can reach at floor level.
And then a few days later, he was on his bouncy chair happily bouncing up and down when he spewed big time. All over. Inside crevices and dripping out of the chair legs onto the floor. Of course baby starts jumping up and down on top of the puke. So I rush and grab him out of the chair, clean him off as best and quickly as possible and put him down in the play pen to keep him away from crawling into the disaster zone. I start wiping up the floor which was an immense mess to say the least. I was hoping and praying I didn't start gagging myself. It appeared that a piece of mango was the culprit. I had fed him fresh bananas and mangoes that morning. I had to remove the chair from the hanging device to properly clean it out, as well as clean the chair itself. I did start gagging actually. If you had the visuals and the odoriferous vapors wafting your way and the actual tactile joy of touching the stuff, you probably would have to. I also starting wishing my husband was home so he could share in the fun of the clean up. He totally missed out. I never saw so much..ugh. Not to mention, while in the playpen, he apparently wasn't done and proceeded to throw up some more in there too. OMG. So I had to clean him again and then sop up the mess in the playpen. I was like, "Is this going to continue all day long? I'm never feeding him fresh bananas and mangoes again." The festival did end after that though so I did get a reprieve.
Not sure if I want to participate again in PukeFest 2012, but I have a feeling I won't really have a choice.
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