Thursday, August 7, 2008

Hurled

Last night, Jesse blew chunks. And right in our bed too.
According to Einstein's lesser known Theory of Abdominal Regurgitation™, the Ickiness index™ of human vomit increases exponentially with the age of the said human. In his infancy, a typical human child, during the occasion of any random gastrointestinal expulsion, will expel a projectile that is low on the Ickiness Index™. The quality of the said vomit will be of a transluscent white liquid, fluid consistency that emits a pleasant aroma - often associated with babies and breakfast cereal.

As the human child progresses in age, his projectiles will be higher up the Ickiness Index™ demonstrating a thicker consistency often coupled with solid masses. The colour will also be darker usually with a spectrum of hues, and the odour unbearable.
The poor boy must have drank a little too much milk. He'd gone to sleep for almost an hour when he started coughing and hacking. And the next thing we knew, the boy's supper was making a comeback. He sat up on bed looking all groggy and disoriented after the first wave, and I quickly recognised that as the calm before the storm.

I lifted my t-shirt up to his face and he let loose all over it. We quickly gave him a wipe down and a change of jammies and he went back to bed as though nothing had happened.

Meanwhile, Daddy spent the next hour (almost, I kid you not) spraying the gook off the sheets and the shirt. It was a light brown gelatinous liquid with half-digested Nyonya Kueh, corn kernels and a bloody blueberry. And it refused to come off.

Gross. And yeah, it's gonna get worse. *sigh*

7 comments:

  1. Haha. Perhaps you should get a pail in standby mode and the moment you hear a sound, rush towards him with the pail. It'll save you an hour's work. ;)

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  2. This should be a guide to fatherhood. I'm going to read it again when it's my turn to be a dad. :)

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  3. aaah... projectile vomit... one time my kid hurled in the car. took some time to get the smell out... ecch.

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  4. wah..daddy? not mummy?
    oh..mae, you're one very lucky lady!!
    sorry daddy, hv no sympathy for you..just jesse...poor kid!

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  5. Sigh that is something that i have to live with. My son has been vomitting since baby. And it comes out like waterfall, i kid you not. Now there still would be at least 2 incidents a week if i'm lucky.

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  6. Poor jessie. hope he feels much better now.

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  7. Good plan, MG. Thanks.
    HB, can't promise you good results, bro. Better register with www.babycenter.com or something, or your kid might need therapy in the future. :lol:
    Yeah, Simon. We had a few of those too. Fabric seats are the worst.
    Daddy is the Cleaner, Mott!
    My heart goes out to you, Prissy.
    He's down with cough now, Gina.

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