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DD has come down with a stomach bug, will she be okay sleeping in her own room tonight?

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FingersOnBuzzzers · 20/10/2018 17:55

Just wondering what others do in this scenario?

DD has been throwing up throughout the day today. I plan on keeping her in the living room with me until whenever I go to bed. At that point, should I be bringing her into my bed or put her in hers as normal.

She's 5 and luckily she's only had mild bouts of sickness in the past where she's been sick once and then been fine so I'm really unsure if it's safe to put them to bed alone?

Thanks for your help.

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hmmwhatatodo · 20/10/2018 17:59

I always stay with them but that’s possibly just me. I hate the thought of an ill child being alone.

LucheroTena · 20/10/2018 18:02

I have them in with me and send DH to spare room. I cover the bed with towels and keep a bowl in reach. I never catch sick bugs though.

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FingersOnBuzzzers · 20/10/2018 18:20

See DH is away so I'm on my own with the kids and I'm awful for catching stuff. Don't want to catch this one and possibly have to look after 2 sick kids while being sick myself 😩 I feel awful for DD, she's really miserable with this one Sad

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Kim82 · 20/10/2018 18:22

I always put the child in with me and dh sleeps in the child’s bed. I can usually catch the sick in a bowl whereas if they were in bed alone it’d probably be all over the floor/bed.

Canadalife · 20/10/2018 18:24

We used to pop on the floor in our room on a matress. We were near enough to comfort etc and had enough space to sleep and possibly avoid bugs. Hope she feels better soon

DaphneFanshaw · 20/10/2018 18:24

Yeah, I always stay with them. If you’re going to get it, you will get it either way.

Chrisinthemorning · 20/10/2018 18:24

If he’s poorly DS is always in our bed and one of us in the spare room. Normally I am with him but sometimes we swap if I’m shattered.

GeoffreysCat · 20/10/2018 18:26

I can't think of anything I'd like less than a sick child in my bed! I would just put her in her bed with a bucket next to her and set your alarm to wake up to check on her a few times.

Quartz2208 · 20/10/2018 18:27

Yep always have them in with me when sick

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FingersOnBuzzzers · 20/10/2018 18:31

I'm liking the idea of bringing her mattress in. Really weird one but DD has a habit of trying to put her fingers in my mouth/touch my lips. It started when I breast fed her & although she doesn't do it anymore, anytime I've ever shared a bed with her she tries to do it in her sleep. I'd be guaranteed to catch it from her if she did that so mattress on the floor would solve that issue.

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davisday · 20/10/2018 18:32

I slept on their bedroom floor when they were little and sick.

tomhazard · 20/10/2018 18:34

I keep them with me for sick bugs: sleep in bed with them and dh goes to their bed- we usually swap half way through the night.

I always catch them but I'd rather that then leave them on their own.

youarenotkiddingme · 20/10/2018 18:40

I always kept ds in the lounge on the floor and I slept (read stayed up all night but dozed!) on the sofa.

But that's because my ds has a spectacular way of vomiting in his sleep and not waking up so I had to turn him on his side and clean up a sleeping vomiting child.

HollyBollyBooBoo · 20/10/2018 18:59

Always with me, I'm too scared of her choking on her sick.

Crunchymum · 20/10/2018 19:02

One of us go down on the sofa and make a sick proof camp bed for the sicky on the floor.

The other one gets a good night's kip and does the say shift.

Crunchymum · 20/10/2018 19:03
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FrightsaidRed · 20/10/2018 19:04

Mattress on our floor when it comes to sickness bugs every time. It’s so scary being sick when you’re little and we always want to be there to rub their backs and tell them they’re doing well. DS has a condition that used to make him throw up a lot so we are well practised! I remember being awake in the night and feeling poorly as a child and you just want your parents but I was always too scared to wake them up, so we have a very clear ‘wake us if you need us’ policy in our house and don’t suffer alone.

FrightsaidRed · 20/10/2018 19:08

Really hope you don’t catch it OP. I have had so many sickness bugs since becoming a mum - never had them before then! Even got norovirus last winter and a sickness bug at the start of summer which most of us caught. They are the worst. I think I’d take anything over a sickness bug, and given I’m just recovering from tonsillitis that’s serious 😄

FinallyGotAnIPhone · 20/10/2018 19:08

I would put her in her own bed with a bucket and I’m sure you’ll wake up if she is poorly. Never slept on the kids’ floor personally when they’re ill.

Upsy1981 · 20/10/2018 19:11

I don't do sick so I'd sleep elsewhere and DH would keep an eye on DD.

Soubriquet · 20/10/2018 19:12

I leave my dc in their own bed. I encourage them to come and get me or dh if they have been sick.

I need to be on the ball the next day and having lack of sleep because of the dc in the bed or sleeping on the floor won’t help

LynetteScavo · 20/10/2018 19:38

I must be different, but I leave them in their own bed with towels over pillow and under them. Have a change of bedding and bowl nearby.

I sleep with bedroom doors open so I can hear them and go running.

I've always done the same if they have a temperature. I think the last thing an overheated child needs is to be in my bed with 2 duvets. I've never been opposed to D.C. coming into my bed, but when their ill I feel they need the space to be ill. But I don't live in a massive house, and they're really not far away.

anniehm · 20/10/2018 21:05

Personally I would have left in own room, but had doors open so I could jump up as needed. She trotted into our room when she wanted anyway.

Ozgirl75 · 20/10/2018 21:31

I take us into the spare room, towel and bowl on the floor next to their side. Both of mine get “warning” before they vom anyway which gives time to grab the bowl.

This has only happened once to be fair and both were sick in the same night 😫. I had one with me, one in with husband.

I did catch it 😑

missbunnyboo · 04/04/2022 00:33

Earlier tonight I heard my 4 year old crying a little so went straight in to him to check on him and thank goodness I did…I was rubbing his back to settle him but he still wasn’t settling.. his eyes were half open and he had quite a vacant look for about 30 seconds/a minute. He didn’t look right but he has suffered night terrors since an early age so I didn’t know if it was a nightmare. I got worried so was trying to wake him and banged on the floor for my partner to come up as something didn’t seem right. As my partner was walking upstairs a load of sick flew out my poor little man’s mouth. He’d only gone to bed absolutely shattered about half an hour before so I think that’s why he was so hard to wake. But he was doing such a strange stare with his eyes open and I can’t get it out of my head, it’s made me worry whether he actually couldn’t breathe before he was sick and the mum guilt is consuming me. I keep thinking I should have sat him up, (but with night terrors I was told not to do that). Or if I’d have been asleep and hadn’t heard him😢 It’s really shook me up!