The Bryan Kids 2014

The Bryan Kids 2014

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Basic Parenting 101....

   Today, I thought I would share a little reminder of a basic parenting tip that I seemingly forgot.  DO NOT feed a baby/child, and then spin them around...This is not my first rodeo, so I should know better. But for some reason, I just finished bathing myself, Molly, her car seat, and a full load of laundry.  Molly is prone to car sickness, so this is even more of a faux pas for me as a parent.  Our car has paid dearly for her motion sickness in the past.  In fact, thanks to a Christmas air freshener, and an unfortunate vomiting incident, the SUV literally smelled like Christmas had thrown up inside our car for a few weeks.  Mommy took the easy way out today, and we had a frozen pizza for lunch.  Then we hit the road to find a play ground.  Colin requested East Cobb Park.  It's not one of my favorites, but I figured, why not?  One of the things I dislike about this park is the merry go round.  To me, this thing is a head injury waiting to happen, but my kids love it.  Colin and Molly set up camp on the merry go round for several minutes.  They seemed to be having a blast.  Awesome, the kids are entertained, it is a beautiful day. There is even a breeze to blow the mass quantities of pollen around the air.  I am always a little nervous when they are on this thing, ready for someone to fall off, and break a limb, but things were under control.  They were both sitting on their bottoms, and nobody was pushing, etc, so I let the fun continue.  Finally I noticed Molly kind of laid her head down.  I stopped the ride, and asked her if she was ok.  Molly says "I scary, I scary..."  I think she means scared, so I pick her up and carry her to a bench.  Apparently that actually means "I am about to projectile vomit my pizza all over you."  Lesson learned.  Molly and I are now covered in vomit, and a few mothers come over to help me.  They help me get out some wipes, and I attempt some disaster containment.  I tell Colin we have to leave, and of course he is completely devastated.  I leave the park with one sobbing toddler, and one toddler covered in her own vomit.  We get in the car, with promises of a possible return(just so I can get Colin in the car).  On our way home, I hear Molly say "I scary, I scary" again.  Oh no, here it comes...the rest of her lunch.  Fabulous, Colin is laughing, Molly is puking, and I have at least 15 minutes of driving to get home.  After her final session of vomiting, I look back to discover her sound asleep, taking the nap that I had been trying for two hours prior to convince her she needed.  When we pull into the driveway, I run in for a towel, pick up my sleeping, puke covered child, and place her directly in my shower.  What a way to wake up, but what else could I do??  I hopped in the shower with her, and now we are both vomit free :)  Now, I am taking the time for this little friendly reminder. Because I would hate for anyone else to be reminded the hard way...I think I will go open the car windows and let it air out for the rest of the afternoon.  Right now the car freshener is beach scented, so I predict my car will now smell like college spring break gone bad. Ugghhhhh...the joys of parenting

3 comments:

  1. This story reminds me of you and Alan with motion sickness problems. Every time your mother and I left on any kind of outing you would get sick and Alan would fall suit to the same demise. Lol Love Daddy

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  2. Get a baking pan, put an inch of water or so, slice some potatoes, and let them sit in the car overnight. They'll help absorb some of the smell. Sprinkle baking soda liberally, let it sit. Vacuum it up tomorrow.

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    1. Thanks for the advice, I may give that a try tonight :)

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