Puking
Posted by Patrick Corkum on April 10, 2010
Last night both my youngest and my wife were in the bathroom kneeling before the throne, emptying their stomachs. Okay, my wife was. My youngest I think was just out to get us, puking twice in his crib and forcing my wife to do laundry in the middle of the night as he soiled EVERYTHING in his crib. Seriously, I have NO IDEA how puke got in some of the places it did. It is almost as if he was the kid from The Exorcist, and his head spun around as he was puking. I think kids just have a knack for making things as complicated as possible. After the two incidents, we put a Pack & Play in our room and let him sleep in there. He proceeded to throw up yet again. This time, we were prepared for we had given him the Happy Bucket! So, we told him that if he had to throw up, to do so into the Happy Bucket. Indeed, when he threw up, he did. However, he is three, his English isn’t great yet and he is not the most intuitive child in the world. So, when he needs to throw up, he laid the bucket sideways and threw up into a horizontal bucket. He might as well have thrown up on a table. Oh well, fortunately it wasn’t much. After we learned that he couldn’t use the Happy Bucket effectively, we taught him. We sat there and made him practice until he could get the action down three times in a row. So, we said, “What are you going to do if you have to throw up?” So, he lays the bucket on it’s side and makes a funny pretend puking noise. No. No No No No No. Okay, we sit him up, “Sit up, then throw up.” Ask him again, “What are you going to do if you have to throw up?” Again, he lays the bucket on the side, repeat whole process. Again…. Again…. Again… Finally, through my irritation, he gets a stern talking to about listening and doing what daddy says. Well, that fixed him good… three times in a row, he sits up and makes his funny throw up noise into the bucket. It is days like this that I am SO excited to be a parent!
Update…. My wife comes over and tells me that my potty-trained 3 year old has diarrhea in his pull-up! Hooray!
Hi there! I found you through the UBP!
I laughed through this post. Kids are all or nothing. When they decide to make a mess, be it by accident or intent, they go all the way. It’s incredible, really.
What’s your wife’s blog? It would be interesting to see your different takes on everything.
Glad I found you! You can add a reader to your score card!
My wife’s blog is the http://www.theCorkums.com.
Anyone else find it hilarious that when you have this post up, your internet browser tab reads…”Puking|All Over The Place”?