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Baby feeding

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Minky12 · 11/06/2021 19:58

5pm and I went to mums house to pick up M and head to preschool to collect K. Mum had explained M had been poorly all day as i had suspected when i dropped her off. She insisted to still feed her a little of her left over lunch as M had missed a large portion of it. My gut said no as she wasn't well....my mum insisted and so she fed her.

510pm I was anxious about collecting K so I grabbed M and stuck her in the car. I picked up K at 530pm and put him in the car, and as I started to drive to my horror M was at the back of the car projectile vomiting !!

I literally emergency stopped my car in a car park spot, jumped out and ran round to pick her up from her car seat. The nursery teachers were fabulous and helped me clean M up and my car.

Lesson learned! Never feed a baby before a road trip, especially a poorly baby.

Dangers are choking hazard and reflux. Lots and lots of kisses and cuddles later M was quiet for the rest of the journey home.

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Fitforforty · 12/06/2021 08:37

Medical advice is to offer unwell children food and if their body needs it then they will eat it so I don’t think your Mum did the wrong thing.

I’m not disagreeing that the vomiting wasn’t scary but projectile vomiting travels several meters. Babies and toddler’s vomit in a fountain style effect and massively reduces the risk of the choking but it does make things look worse when you see it. I hope you are both OK now.

Minky12 · 12/06/2021 10:36

Yes all OK now. Thank you for the advice. Upon reflection I think it was a lot less worse than what I believed yesterday.

True, when mum fed her M did take it. Next time I may wait a while before jumping in the car ☺

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