Lay a towel over the top section of the bed and wrap the pillow in another towel. Provide a bowl, but when they're real small they don't even know what's going on until it's over so the bowl is sometimes useful, sometimes just decoration. The towels make cleanup in the night a little easier (I'm all for getting as much sleep as I can). If they throw up on the towels, you can just pull them off, throw them in the washer (or wherever you want so you can clean them up later) and replace with new towels. Even if it soaked through some to the sheets, the new towels will be dry enough until the next bout. No need to change sheets a hundred times a night. This is best if you have a plastic/waterproof matress cover on the mattress--they're cheap and every kid bed should have one on just in case. (Now you know why it's been such a long week!)
2 comments:
This is great. Throw up is my least "favorite" thing to deal with. I have a suggestion, though, that I came up with years ago. I hate the thought of having to clean up throw up, so never used the bowl. Instead I would put a paper bag inside a plastic bag (grocery bags,paper and plastic). I would roll down the top couple of inches of the paper bag to give it stability and then put it in the plastic. When it's used, just roll up the paper bag, tie off the plastic and throw away. Works great. How you like the idea.
Love your blog, by the way!
Michelle
Michelle, I LOVE it! I'll definitely be trying that one next time I've got a sickie! Thanks for stopping by!
Angela
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