Would you cancel the party?

[Flopsy145]

Posting on here for traffic as I need quick answers please haha!
DD has her 4th birthday party today, she woke up at 5 which is super early for her especially after having attended another party yesterday and then been in the sun all afternoon and gone to bed late. She had a cup of milk about 620 and then immediately said her tummy hurt. Did a poo which was normal then threw up ten mins later, literally just milk. Said she felt better and went back to sleep.

So, my question is would you cancel her birthday party? Yes - yabu, no - yanbu

If she's sick again then yes I'll have to, but if she's not then what do I do.
I don't think it's a bug, we've not been anywhere where she could catch it other than soft play yesterday for a party and surely wouldn't be that quick.

Exactly! When I was a child, it was absolutely normal for children to drink tea regularly. I can remember having a cup of tea with my breakfast from when I was about six. My parents didn’t drink much coffee but I always had a cup when they had one. I’m sure there was no such thing as decaffeinated tea or coffee back in those days. Amazingly, my generation survived 😆😆

I honestly wouldn't worry son used to be sick all the time after parties just with excitement. Especially if they have their own planned. As long as she isn't sick again I'd just go ahead.

Anyone would think she was giving the child crack cocaine. 🙄

Wait until they find out she has a whisky every night.. kidding of course

She wasn't sick again and party went ahead, still hasn't been sick but yesterday had this morning if she wasn't distracted out and about or playing she kept saying "I just keep thinking about being sick and feeling like it again." But she shows no signs of it being anything beyond worry she's got a sick bug, which I don't think she has. I keep telling her not to think about it and if she was going to be sick again it would have happened by now. Eating and drinking normally and only says it if she's chilling on the sofa.

Any ideas how to tackle that Mumsnet hive mind? 😅

I wouldn’t make a big deal of it, she’ll probably forget soon enough. If she says “I’m going to be sick” I’d probably say something like “I don’t think so but if you are, that’s fine, we’ll just clean it up like we did at the weekend”.

"Normalise" coffee? Wtf? It's not heroin. Coffee IS normal. She will probably drink it one day. Honestly you're being really silly.

😂

She did actually try my decaf iced mocha when I wasnt looking once because she thought it was chocolate milk. She liked it unfortunately 😂

Whiskychino :P

I might try one 😂

Just dont tell on Mumsnet, it may arouse apoplexy among some people :P .

It's coffee, not crack.

It's fine. We give DD "a cuppa", it is fruity tea. She also has a cappuccino (babycino)...

@CantStopMoving blimey you were lucky! Glad DC is well OP and that she enjoyed her party.

Everyone knows babycino at 4 is a gateway to Coca Cola at 5 ...then the path is set,... Red Bull and Monsters by 6.

Could just be overexcited.

That’s exactly what this reminded me of 😁

I think you know your DC and whether they're sick or just a bit of a sicky child. DS1 has been sick only once or twice in his whole life - if he voms even once I know he's truly ill and he's under a blanket with a sick bowl next to him for 48 hours. Whereas DS2 has a hair-trigger gag reflex and went through many years being sick from coughing a bit too hard, from tripping over, from eating too many sweets, from drinking water too quickly, from jumping on one of those big inflatable pillows at the play park, from getting over-excited...

I think I'd do what @JoyousEagle suggests and don't give too much attention to her thinking she's about to be sick, just say "I think you'll be fine but we'll deal with it if it happens, now let's go play lego" or whatever. Distract and move along.

Same here @Growlybear83 it was the norm for oldies like me. My DM used to give me milky tea in a bottle when I was about a year old😂. Weak tea and coffee with milk and no sugar was probably a lot healthier than the drinks a lot of children get given now. The only other thing we drank was water. I used to love milky coffee and some hot buttered toast to dip into it for breakfast. Glad your DD is well and enjoyed her party @Flopsy145 . I love milk done in the Velvetiser as well. I might try the chocolate dusting idea.

I was thinking of getting my son a Tiny Tikes Cosy Ride On car for his birthday but am now worried that when he gets to school he might tell his teacher he has a car and I allow him to drive!!

He has also asked for a pirate costume and I dread to think of the problems that could cause!

Do you have any ideas for 'safe' presents that won't make me seem like such an irresponsible parent? I've already had to rule out the wooden kitchen, play-doh pizza oven and teddy bear.

"Mr. Dood, we understand Brian has a bear at home and we are concerned for his safety." Can you imagine?!?

OP ignore the coffee haters - when my cousin was a little kid my uncle would give him lemonade and tell him it was beer! As he got a bit older he would ask for 'beer-lemonade please'. We all thought it was hilarious.

That said - he is a heavy drinker now but I don't think it's because of that hahaha
I hope your kid had a lovely party!

My 6 ye old son drinks tea. Not decaf just normal tea. He loves it. Sits with his 74 yr old granny having a cuppa and a biscuit.

he’ll be doing heroin before I know it

I let my 7 year old dunk her biscuits in my latte. Surely that's a gateway drug and I need reporting?

Thank you! The party was on Sunday and went ahead as she was only sick that once! ☺️

She watches blue videos!!!!