I'm not an idiot father... I'm not!
Ok, this is in response to my friend Steph telling me Moe's might not have been a good idea for a 1-year old with stomach problems...
Dorothea fell off a tricycle at school Wednesday and was reported to get so sick she threw up. That evening when Alicia tried to give her anything to eat or drink, it immediately came back up. However, she was acting fine beyond that. As Alicia said, "she didn't act sick".
Thursday, Alicia says she did fine. No throwing up. She had a BM, so I stopped worrying about her having swallowed something that lodged in her digestive system. However, going to bed, she had some nasty foul smelling burps. I gave her gas medicine and she was fine until around 5:30am. More burps, more gas medicine.
Friday morning, she had a diaper blow-out I had to deal with. It was also the first time she ever didn’t touch her breakfast (oatmeal, banana, toast, milk... all stuff she mostly gobbles down). I took her to school (daycare) anyway. Yes, I'm one of those bad parents that sends their kid to school even when they might be sick. But, Alicia's out of town and I'm behind at work, so off to school with you. I spent the whole day expecting to get a call to pick her up, but it never came. When I picked her up, they reported she did fine. Had part of her lunch and had snack.
Dorothea is pretty picky food-wise. If it's bread, she'll eat it. If it's chicken, she will not. If it's red meat, she's 50-50. Jacob would eat pretty much anything at her age, so she has us a little frustrated. Alicia and Jacob are out of town and I had a rough day at work, so I just wanted to go out. I opted to take her to Wendy's since I knew she'd eat a cheeseburger. On the way there, I decided Moe's might be healthier, so we went there. She ate about half a plain kid’s cheese quesadilla, some of the tortilla from my burrito, water, and a some oatmeal cookie. Real bland stuff.
This sat fine for a few hours, then she woke up puking. Everything that came back was stuff she must have had at school (bleh, oranges!). It’s possible they’re giving them something new/bad. The daily report says they’re doing shaving cream art. I wouldn’t put it beyond my little rebel to be sneaking bites of that, either. (She loves doing things she knows she's not supposed to and laughing maniacally.)
So, while IM'ing Steph and juggling a still upset and sleepy Dorothea, I type things like "Dorothea has a stomach bug" and mentioned we went to Moe's. This prompted a snarky log off suggestion about toast/crackers/etc probably being a better choice than Moe's for a bad tummy.
Well, yes, in the context of “she’s got a stomach bug”, toast would be better. But in the context of, “she had a freak incident a few days ago and seems to be mostly better”, I just wanted to make sure she ate. Beh. I hate when people make you feel like an idiot even when you're doing your best.
Tomorrow, it’ll be bland toast, etc. Hopefully she'll feel ok when I meet with the breast cancer awareness group about their calendar.
** Edit: Alicia pointed out that we all went to Moe's for lunch on Thursday where she ate the exact same thing she ate tonight. That's probably where I got the idea. :p
Dorothea fell off a tricycle at school Wednesday and was reported to get so sick she threw up. That evening when Alicia tried to give her anything to eat or drink, it immediately came back up. However, she was acting fine beyond that. As Alicia said, "she didn't act sick".
Thursday, Alicia says she did fine. No throwing up. She had a BM, so I stopped worrying about her having swallowed something that lodged in her digestive system. However, going to bed, she had some nasty foul smelling burps. I gave her gas medicine and she was fine until around 5:30am. More burps, more gas medicine.
Friday morning, she had a diaper blow-out I had to deal with. It was also the first time she ever didn’t touch her breakfast (oatmeal, banana, toast, milk... all stuff she mostly gobbles down). I took her to school (daycare) anyway. Yes, I'm one of those bad parents that sends their kid to school even when they might be sick. But, Alicia's out of town and I'm behind at work, so off to school with you. I spent the whole day expecting to get a call to pick her up, but it never came. When I picked her up, they reported she did fine. Had part of her lunch and had snack.
Dorothea is pretty picky food-wise. If it's bread, she'll eat it. If it's chicken, she will not. If it's red meat, she's 50-50. Jacob would eat pretty much anything at her age, so she has us a little frustrated. Alicia and Jacob are out of town and I had a rough day at work, so I just wanted to go out. I opted to take her to Wendy's since I knew she'd eat a cheeseburger. On the way there, I decided Moe's might be healthier, so we went there. She ate about half a plain kid’s cheese quesadilla, some of the tortilla from my burrito, water, and a some oatmeal cookie. Real bland stuff.
This sat fine for a few hours, then she woke up puking. Everything that came back was stuff she must have had at school (bleh, oranges!). It’s possible they’re giving them something new/bad. The daily report says they’re doing shaving cream art. I wouldn’t put it beyond my little rebel to be sneaking bites of that, either. (She loves doing things she knows she's not supposed to and laughing maniacally.)
So, while IM'ing Steph and juggling a still upset and sleepy Dorothea, I type things like "Dorothea has a stomach bug" and mentioned we went to Moe's. This prompted a snarky log off suggestion about toast/crackers/etc probably being a better choice than Moe's for a bad tummy.
Well, yes, in the context of “she’s got a stomach bug”, toast would be better. But in the context of, “she had a freak incident a few days ago and seems to be mostly better”, I just wanted to make sure she ate. Beh. I hate when people make you feel like an idiot even when you're doing your best.
Tomorrow, it’ll be bland toast, etc. Hopefully she'll feel ok when I meet with the breast cancer awareness group about their calendar.
** Edit: Alicia pointed out that we all went to Moe's for lunch on Thursday where she ate the exact same thing she ate tonight. That's probably where I got the idea. :p