Taking a sick child to a supermarket carrying a bowl to be sick in

[Auburngal]

My mum saw this at the supermarket. Child was about 6 at a guess. He looked sick and was carrying a bowl with some sick in it.

Supermarkets are open longer, have food couriers (Just Eat etc) and supermarkets' own food couriers - Sainsburys ChopChop, Tesco Express Whoosh and now supermarkets offer later day deliveries. Plus the mum could have messaged a friend, relative etc to pick up some food items to tie her over til child is well enough. I know the food couriers charge a lot more. We had a customer a few days ago on the food courier service we have ordering one loaf of bread costing 80p in the store and cost them £4.10!

I'm sure the mum wasn't all alone - no contact with anyone who could help. Plus there are local FB groups - Spotted.... I bet someone would respond to her pleas.

Fellow shoppers and my mum were horrified with sight. Not sure if anyone said anything to the mum. My mum was worried that people could pick up the bug the boy was carrying. Mum doesn't know if he touched anything in the store.

Would you drag your DC if they were throwing up in a supermarket?

Of course it's not OK to take a child around a supermarket with a bowl of sick.
MN brings out all the really extreme reasons why this might be OK and that no one should judge.
Even in the situation where you literally HAVE to take your child to the shop, then I would talk to a member of staff and hope they were able to help e.g. getting a couple of chairs to sit outside with the child (thus not spreading germs), or maybe stay outside yourself with the child and ask the staff if they minded get the shopping.

That is disgusting and I can't believe people on here are defending her! If he was that ill she should have left him in the car while she dashed in to get what was absolutely essential.

Hmm I don't know. Some people have little common sense. It's my experience that people happily drag their sick kids out when there's no need, I used to work in a vets and people used to.come as a family when one of the adults could have stayed home with the sick child. I've twice had children vomiting in the consult room. The pets were only coming in for non essential things too which could have been postponed even if they didn't want to come alone.

Anyway I agree with pp there's always a choice.

I’ve put YABU but only because my ASD child suffers with Cyclical vomiting syndrome. They are not unwell and it can happen at anytime. Don’t worry it wasn’t me in the supermarket as my DC is older and can’t cope with shopping.

And if you've walked, tie them to a lamp post? I don't think what Mom did is great, awful if she had alternatives but not everyone drives,not everyone can afford delivery charges, not everyone can meet a minimum spend and whoosh etc are from smaller stores so often don't have everything

Would you really take the bowl of sick in with you tho Vs waiting for her sickness to settle?

I moved to area for DH work where I had lot of friendship help to area very hard to get know anyone and everyone had family - persevered did lots of favours - some very substantial. DH was seriously hurt on way into work - no-one could even have school age child for 30 minutes.

Mentioned it on here and got castigated for expected reciprocate help from friends - I should have been relying on family even if they were considerable distance away. That place I did have to find ways which were less than ideal and take kids places I'd rather not.

Moved from there fine again.

Never had to take a vomiting child to supermarket - have had to deal mid journeys twice before we realised DS had travel sickness and got pills. Far from ideal but we cleaned up and sorted him out.

My kid too! Often to be seen with a sick bowl after a drive! If this is all you and your mum have to worry about you are verrrrrry lucky

How do you know she's wrong? Are you the person with the vomiting child? Anyway she isn't wrong. Facebook groups are ideal for this sort of thing. Someone would have dropped a bag of essentials round.

Round here you can get Zoom or of the delivery firms to deliver essentials within an hour. If there was sick in the bowl, it sounds as though the child was sick and possibly contagious.

Unhygienic at least.

I would. Travel sickness often persists for 30-45 mins post journey so I’d much rather my kid was sick in a bowl than on the supermarket floor.

Sorry but if you would let your child walk round a supermarket with a bowl of vomit you are completely disgusting. I don't care whether it's due to car sickness.

I wouldn’t do that, no. I’m lucky enough to have alternatives. Maybe this mum really didn’t and that’s why she took her child with her. Maybe.

Poor kid!

In all my 53 years I have never seen anyone walk around the supermarket with a bowl of sick.
I feel sorry for the poor kids feeling car sick and being trailed around a shop with a bowl.
I'm sure it happens, but MN brings them all out.

Nope. If she throws up again post car we head for the toilet and dispose of
it hygienically and finish the shop. The OP said nothing about “walking around with a bowl full of sick”
guessing you’ve never dealt with a very travel sick child, good for you.

If they'd asked a neighbour or another parent to look after their child it would be on the AIBU board for the cheeky fuckery of it.
Nobody would choose to do that

The OP says "was carrying a bowl with some sick in it."

Maybe not full, but clearly enough that other shoppers could see.

Click and collect has a minimum spend to be free.

DS was sick on bus then on train journey getting off first train had to rearrange journey and stop off at hotel earlier than planned- no car - and pills were the answer as was being prepared. We mostly got around walking so usually alright.

It's not fun to deal with illness in public - so that's why I think it must have been a desperate situation - rather than someone lacking common sense.

You'd leave your child outside the supermarket? 🧐

I wouldn't ask a neighbour to look after a sick child but I seem to be in a minority on MN, that favours are a thing eg ask a school.mum or neighbour if they could pick up some essentials if it was convenient for them....and I'd repay the favour another time if they had an emergency or awkward situation!

If only everyone could afford a car ffs.

Likely more the sick bowl they noticed and didn’t like🙄
shes sick, its contained, we sort her in toilet and carry on. It’s not infectious as it’s not a gastro bug. The end.

Nope

im also having some treatment which means a sickness bug could kill me.

me I have to trust that others keep their kids on when they’re sick.