2 year old. Sick bug. Will he choke over night?

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The internet isn't giving me answers!

My two year old has a bug. He's been sick (large amounts) about five times today. The last time was about an hour ago and he's now clean and dry and fast asleep on his front in his cot. I have the monitor on full volume with me and our bedroom doors open.

Will he be safe overnight? Should I get him out his cot and bring him into my bed?

in these situations I’ve always put towels on the bed and brought them in with me.

otherwise I’d just stress all night.

and I always remember being a little kid and being sick in the night alone when I woke up and being scared.

Just to make life easier for me I'd bring him and his mattress into my bedroom with a towel lining the floor and the sick bucket. You can react quickly and wont be worrying all night, whilst leaving your own bed in tact.

Yes I wasn’t worried about choking, just that they want to be near me when ill. If he is already asleep I wouldn’t move him

I’d sleep beside him. No way would I want him in my bed and risk having to change double bedding! Normally I sleep on the floor of DC room when they’re like this, we keep a spare mattress which comes in handy in this situation. Towels everywhere, clean up stuff to hand, bowl / basin at the ready. I’m on high alert anyway and wake up immediately to catch the vom. Quick sip of water then back to sleep (for DC, not so much for me!).

I normally bring my dd into bed with me if she is being sick. I don't get much sleep but I feel more comfortable being there with her rather than trying to listen out for her on the monitor.

This! I was never quite this organised but always had spares handy and put them on a folded sheet to catch the first puke! Preferred them in with me when sick at that age, although I'm not sure how rational that is/what the risk actually is.

I really hope your little one is ok but I find it astounding that you're so worried, yet you still have full intentions of sending them into childcare tomorrow.

Agree with this. There's no way you can send him to nursery tomorrow. It's not fair on him, the childcare works or the children there! @roarfeckingroarr

I would always have them in bed or sleep on their floor if they're puking. Not least for immediate reaction. I just put towels down everywhere to catch it and accept everything will need a good wash. It's unlikely he will choke at 2 but being so sick is horrible so it's nice to have a parent with you. And two is still so little, I still want my mum when I'm sick and I'm 42..

He's going to be so weak having not eaten properly and still with a bug.
Chances are they will give him food and he will chuck it up again anyway so you will be called to collect him anyway

Totally agree. This is a dreadful decision for many reasons.

Is he actually that sick seeing as you're sending him to nursery tomorrow? Feel sorry for his nursery classmates and his teachers. Selfish.

Oh crikey, and no way send him in. He'll be weak and exhausted. I'm a working mum of a three year old and I wouldn't send him in no matter how important the meeting, employers generally understand this now (and could you join remotely, he may be alseep?) I got slated on here once for saying I would send my youngest in on a Monday after he'd been sick on Saturday lunchtime as it wasn't a clear 48 hours ....

I’d have him in my bed or sleep on floor of nursery

Bloody hell, catch yourself on, OP. He's been sick multiple times so clearly has a bug and you're sending him to nursery tomorrow? Not just poor parenting but incredibly selfish and disrespectful to nursery staff and harmful to the other kids there too. I hope you're on the wind-up. in.

Yeah don't worry about everyone else's kids, as long as you don't miss your big meeting...

My top tip is put a big bath towel underneath him and over his pillow, and another on the floor next to his bed. The only problem mine had when that age was not being able to reach for a reliably puke into a bowl. The towels were easy to swap in the night.

When mine were little, they would always be in bed with me if they were sick. I wouldn’t get a wink of sleep otherwise.

Personally, when either of mine are sick (age 3 & 18 months) I have them in bed with me. Or if sleep on their bedroom floor.

Both unfortunately had a sickness bug within the last month.

I would check in on sick kids overnight but I wouldn’t sleep in their room or have them in my bed, there have been days when there have been 3DC vomiting on my house and you can’t sleep in a room with them all and stay sane, I don’t think.

if he vomits, he’ll most likely wake you up. Some of mine have vomited and gone back to sleep before now which is not desirable but I wouldn’t have thought vomiting a danger in and of itself, especially after vomiting all day, as I’m imaging there isn’t much left.

Oh no, I hope he’s on the mend soon and you don’t get it too! 🤢
My two had it last weekend (1&3 year olds). My husband slept on the floor of my 3 year olds room the night that he started being sick but only because he was so distressed when he was vomiting 😢. Luckily they weren’t sick again after that. I’ve now started vomiting this evening and I’m hoping it’s as short lived as their bout! 🙏🏼. I was never sick pre children! 🥴

@roarfeckingroarr please don’t share your child’s sickness bug with his nursery and all the other children/ staff that are there. Selfishly, I can’t imagine that any of them would want it!

When my child was that age he had a tummy bug and I walked into his bedroom at just the right moment. He was lying on his back, vomit coming out of his mouth and was red in the face and looked like he was choking. I sat him up and forward and hit his back, he was choking for a while but was ok. I dread to think what would have happened if I hadn’t have walked in when I did. So I second take him into your room to be on the safe side.

You should be ashamed of yourself to even think about sending him in tomorrow.