Friday, February 19, 2010

Projectile!

Tonight a little before 9 pm i was feeding Asa his before bedtime bottle. He typically eats about 8 - 9 ounces before bed, we lay him down and he drifts off to sleep in his crib within 1 - 10 minutes. Tonight right as he was finishing his last few sucks from the bottle i pulled the bottle out of his mouth, set it down, and was going to wiggle my arm back under his head to pick him up and carry him into his room. Right as my arm was just about under his neck, VOMIT spewed out! Asa has his occasional spit up sessions, which is sometimes up to I'd say 1/8 cup (I know...TMI) but usually is just a very small amount. This....well this was different! This was probably the bottle, IN IT'S ENTIRETY! It soaked his sleeper, and his sleep sack, it soaked my shirt, pants, and underwear, and soaked my sheet. Thankfully we have a waterproof liner under our sheet, but yes, the top of that was soaked too. I brought him into the bathroom to take my clothes off and when i took my shirt off and dropped it on the floor, it made that wet shirt noise. That noise that my clothes used to make when i would run in the rain and soak myself and come inside and take my clothes off in the laundry room wet shirt noise. Adam was at a sales appointment, so i laid Asa down in his crib while i frantically grabbed my computer and googled "What to do when your 6 month old projectile vomits" Almost every response told me to give him some pedialyte, or juice diluted with water. Being that we didn't have pedialyte (it is now on my shopping list), i made him a bottle with 1/3 juice and 2/3 warm water. When i made my way back to his room, i didn't hear anything. I went into our bedroom and looked at him on our video monitor, and he was sound asleep. Don't worry, i went in and checked to make sure he was breathing...and he was :) I will put the juice in the fridge just in case we need it tonight. Poor guy, but i am hoping it was just because he ate too much too quick or something. Say some prayers for our little monkey tonight!

3 comments:

Joe, Angel, Silas and Veda said...

We have had that happen..thankfully it was just too much too fast! Hope Asa is feeling 100 percent!

Ali said...

Oh, I hope he is better!

Jen said...

We've had that happen a couple times, scares the heck out of ya! When you go to the store to buy Pedialyte, they sell it in powder form (kind of like the crystal light packs you add to a water bottle) much easier to have around a bit cheaper! don't buy the big jugs, you have to finish the entire thing in a day or two once its opened