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My husband is a great father and really enjoys his little girls. However, no matter what I do, I cannot get him to stop screaming like a woman every time one of them vomits, urinates or stools on him. I keep telling him that they are babies and it’s not their fault. It’s a given that anything I’m wearing around Zoe will require laundering. But I have to say that she pushed even my buttons this week. Honestly.

We’re all used to the endless stream of vomit that pours from her mouth. She’s a little refluxy. Usually there is a “warning bell” and we’ve all gotten pretty good at avoiding the splatter. Occasionally it’s just a sudden warmth running down your arm that lets you know she’s done it again. I’m not particularly worried about it: she is growing and developing fine and some degree of reflux (food coming back out of the stomach and into the esophagus) is completely normal and even expected in infants. If she were having recurrent pneumonia or failing to gain weight, we’d have a problem. Instead she’s just wet and smelly, as are we.
That said, I was a bit taken aback last night when I looked down at my shorts and realized my entire pocket was full of dried vomit. Particularly pleasant given that she’d had salmon with dill for lunch. I think it was unintentional although sometimes I’m not sure with that child. Wonder if anyone at the grocery noticed.

Dr. Lara Zibners, Jul 06, 2010

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