Kid is sick, then carries on into family attraction

Tbh it might have freaked me out too and I’d be washing my hands extra carefullly all day.

But it could well be something like travel sickness as pps have said.

Sounds like parents might have made the classic error of thinking an empty stomach helps car sickness! As a sufferer myself, it’s miles worse if you’re hungry. I’m best if reasonably full of plainish nutritious food, have plain food like crackers or something to snack on in the car and plenty of water. Absolutely no sweets or anything like squash. My parents as non sufferers got that wrong in all counts - thought an empty stomach, “sweets to suck” (🤮) and squash in the car might help 🤮🤮

Yeah especially given the mum wasn't paying much attention to it I'd say routine car sickness (my god daughter would throw up on any car journey over 10 minutes. One if us would sort her out, the other would watch the other kids. She would look pale, walk slowly etc but 5 minutes later be bounding about.

my niece was on medication for a long time when she was young, that made her sick, not contagious!

there is SO much Noro etc around at the minent, extra hand washing is just sensible especially where there are so many people.

Not necessarily long journeys though. My friends daughter could throw up on a 10 min car journey from nursery or school.

My first thought was car sick if they were just walking into the attraction. Otherwise if a bug I definitely would take them home, not much fun for anyone if a kid is throwing up

I doubt anyone would do that. That is not what op described here

Sounds like travel sickness on this occasion.

People's approach to children being ill is baffling sometimes though. I saw an insta reel where a mom described and filmed her childs first sick day off school. He felt better by lunchtime, although still felt very hot, so they took him for a burger and a milkshake. The latter was to cool him down. Some people are daft and shameless in equal measure.
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Here's one 😂

Who cares if the poor kid is too sick to enjoy anything, mummy wants her money worth and he will damn well enjoy it.

It's pathetic but too frequent.

YANBU

but having a sick child has never stopped this kind of parents to go through with their existing plans, their holidays, or just send the poor things to school.

Too many idiot and selfish parents around unfortunately.

I feel so sorry for the little ones with earaches that are made to fly because mummy needs a sunlounge break, the pain must be excruciating.

can you not understand some people safe for years to go places ? Can you imagine being at Disneyland or disneyworld and others expecting you to just go home because a kid is sick ? My daughter gets travel sickness it was probably that

I second travel sickness here.

My child gets travel sick and because of anxiety. As a fellow emetephobe I feel your pain! But I’ve had to get on with it with my child. So yes she’s been sick like the child you saw today but she then went on the enjoy the day. It sucks for everyone.

Travel sick.

One of my boys is a “fainter” and used to
throw up with it. It was more common in warm weather. Once threw up waiting to enter an outside pool. Absolutely no indication of illness and the best thing for him was to cool down in the water.

I have NEVER sent my children to school or other event with any sign of gastro illness but the fainting/puke was a different thing entirely.

Trust that the parents know best.

I think I've met them. Toby carvery child puked into his yorkshire pudding parents who were sat drinking at another table came over and shook him and told him off...no comfort nothing. The other children went on eating. They left a while after and said not a word to staff. Awful.
We fled as couldn't afford to pick up Noro ...guilty and powerless about the child

Maybe it’s a migraine

Maybe car sickness

Maybe he is unwell but begging to go along.

I don’t think sick people have to self isolate unless they are so unwell they want to.

Could be car sick or any number of things i dont automatically panic when someome is visibly sick and assume it is contagious

I would think in this case probably it was a child who suffered from motion sickness due to the journey. If they are continuing on with their day without batting an eyelid it's not likely to be illness and probably happens all the time. I think the phrase not my circus not my monkeys applies here.

Most likely travel sickness my DD sometimes used to be sick after a TC seizure. We would never have got anywhere if we went home every time she was sick.

I suffered terribly with travel sickness as a child, to the point my mum said the car would barely be off the driveway and I'd be vomiting. We couldn't go anywhere without bags, wet wipes and a clean t-shirt for me.

I remember how awful it was but meds didn't work and if I didn't just get on with it, we'd never have left the house. Thankfully I grew out of it in my late teens.

I'm thinking travel sickness most likely not an infection.

Probably could have travelled a distance and the cost of the outing a stretch financially, so very unlikely to just go back home.