Children and being sick

[kbaby]

Its a odd question but an incident at DDs school just made me think about it.

At what age do children know in advance that they are going to be sick and can go to the bathroom to do it.

DD is 4 but so far whenever shes been ill ive sat next to her with a bowl at the ready, just wondering when I can expect her to stop using the bowl etc.

kbaby, I've had stomach upsets where I've been sick and not known about it until the deed was done - it came over me that quickly. I'm 41! [sheepish emoticon]

My DD is 5 & my DS is 7. If they felt sick, I would give them the bowl to hold and I feel fairly confident that they'd use it, thus leaving me free to stand in the kitchen fretting about them, in peace!

my ds was sick last week. He is 6. he was able to say when he was about to be sick (and was twice) but I still gave him a bucket. I think hanging your head over a loo when you feel sick already is not nice.

The third time he said he was going to be sick, he sat for quite a while with his head over the bucket - eventually hanging the handle over his head! In the end, he wasn't sick the third time but wanted to sit with the bucket for about 20 mins. You can't hang a loo around your head!

I also think it depends on how poorly you feel. I know of a couple of adults who can't/don't get to the loo if they are sick. An children in ds' class have been sick in the classroom recently.

Sorry, that's not a very specific answer for you!

Dd could give warning from about 4.5y. I'm not sure ds1 has ever been able to give adequate warning, and he's 7 - but OTOH he has only had one vomity bug in the last 3y or so, and that was a year ago, so he might well have learned to recognise the signs by now. Not that I really want to find out!

Both of them can manage with a washingup bowl by their side, to catch it until I get to them.

Thanks, I dropped DD off at nursery this afternoon and while I was in the classroom 1 little boy ran to the toilets and was sick and then a teacher went in and gave him water . I know that if it was my DD she prob wouldve just been sick on the floor.

It made me wonder if she shouldve been able to do the same if unwell.

My DS is 6 and he has always had "his bowl" or always ran to the bathroom when he is ill. He has been doing this for a good few years now he is very clean and respectful.
(unlike mummy when younger and was sick down the gap between bed and wall thinking it was a bowl. My mum went APE well I did have a little too much!)

I used to wake up and be sick within seconds (less!) if ill, untiol in my teens...drove ny folks nuts

I think it depends on the bug as well. Sometimes it can happen very suddenly with little warning, for anyone.

"respectful"

I don't know how on earth this has happened, but ds1 and dd are so 'respectful' when they throw up in the car, that they always catch it in their hands, poor loveys.

Not that I'm objecting!

I don't know if you are being sarky about that or what but when I say respectful he don't just do it anywhere what other word can I use then not a tramp and just puke on the floor and don't give a shit about his house.

Blimey Flutterby - that was a bit sensitive!

last time dd was ill in the car it was all she could do to turn her head and not be ill on our wedding outfits. The fact she managed that made me very grateful lol!!
Mind you I think her primary motivation was missing her teddy.

My ds has been able to throw up in a bowl/loo since just before he was 4 but he has had loads of viruses so has a lot of practice. He has a friend who throws up several times a week do to reactions to food and he takes himself off to the loo and cleans up after himself. He even keeps a toothbrush at nursery. It depends on how ill you are too. I had a really bad bug about 2 years ago and threw up 3 times on my bedroom floor before I had the sense to put a bucket next to my bed. I probable vomited over 30 times in 48 hours and wouldn't have made it to my ensuite loo 10 feet away once.

Hi sorry I didn't mean anything bad by what I said.

Not being sarky at all. I thought that was a funny but appropriate word to use to describe the way our LOs vomit.