As parents, your heart sinks when your baby is throwing up. You feel so helpless. And you can’t help but get a little scared because they can’t tell you why their throwing up, what hurts, what’s wrong, or what’s going on with them.
Last night I was working up in my office and Jane Skyped me and said that Monkey was making some strange noises. We had just laid him down to bed about 20 minutes earlier after Jane fed him.
I went downstairs and heard Monkey making noises I’ve never heard him make before. Jane and I went into his room and I saw that his eyes were wide open and he was making strange moaning sounds.
I picked monkey up, and felt that he was hot. REALLY hot. His back and head was sweaty – so much that his sleep sack was wet. As I started to walk out of his room with him, he let out a very strange noise. It sounded like a burp, but was a lot louder and bubbly sounding. Within about 7 seconds, Baby Monkey was throwing up all over me.
I had big chunks of baby throw up all over my shirt and we took Monkey into our bedroom so we could put him on our bed and take off his clothes.
I took one look at the old shirt I was wearing (it’s a very old shirt I sometimes wear at night), took it off, and tossed it into the garbage. I then went into the bedroom where Jane was with Monkey and turned on the light. That was when we noticed how pale Monkey was.
And I’m talking PALE. He was completely white white white. It scared the hell out of.
Now the strange thing is that Monkey being the good little Monkey that he is was smiling at us like crazy. He was looking at us and smiling just 5 seconds after he threw up. And now he was as white as the white comforter on our bed, and he was looking up at us smiling like he hasn’t seen us in days.
Jane and I sat with him for a few minutes and talked about what happened. We remember that when we were sick and threw up, that we’d get all hot and sweaty, and sometimes get pale white. I told Jane that we should give him a few minutes to see if his color returns and for us to stay right there and keep a good eye on him. Jane and I were a little freaked out and scared.
Baby Throwing Up = Scared Parents
All Monkey wanted to do was look at us, smile, and play. You would have never thought that our baby was throwing up just a few minutes earlier. So for a few minutes we played with him as he stared into a mirror we had standing up and smiling at himself and us.
Jane began to cry and said, “I just don’t want anything ever to be wrong with him. I just love him more than anything I’ve ever experienced. I never knew you could love someone this much.” I calmed Jane down, told her Monkey was going to be just fine. We will keep a very close eye on him and that I was sure it was just some reaction to his shots earlier in the day.
Shortly after his color returned and he was as good as new.
Jane took Monkey into the living room and held him for about 15 minutes to make sure he was OK and to allow him to get tired. He was yawning like crazy, we put him back into his crib, and he slept all night long without any trouble.
Having a baby throwing up on you is no fun. Jane and I were still worried about Monkey and wanted to make sure he was OK, so I slept on the couch next to his nursery last night so I could be right there if he needed anything. He didn’t make a peep all night.
Monkey woke up this AM as usual and I took over to let Jane sleep in since she’s been so good about letting me sleep in every morning because I’m usually up so late working.
I walked into the nursery after hearing Monkey make his ‘good morning’ noises and peaked into his crib. He turned his head, saw me, and get me the biggest smile you’ve ever seen. I talked to him for awhile, rubbed his tunny and ask him how he felt. He kept smiling, let out a couple of giggles, and I picked him up and gave baby Monkey a great big hug.
We went over to the changing table and I changed a very smelly diaper while Monkey kicked his legs all over the place. Ahhhh. Fatherhood. I had to do some fast ninja-like moves to keep him from kicking the diaper or getting poop all over his legs. Finally, he was changed, smelling good, and I went to make his bottle.
While his bottle was warming, I played with him on the couch. Morning time for Monkey is smile time. He smiles non-stop at you in the morning, and you can’t help but have your heart melt. We played a couple of little games I play with him (like grab my ears, peek-a-boo, and I ooo and ahhh at him and sometimes he does it back to me), etc.
I then fed Monkey and put him back in his crib to watch his mobile go around while a blue light twinkles. He loves to go in there after he eats. After about 20 minutes, he wanted out. So I went back in there (note, Jane is still sleeping and it’s around 7 AM or so now) and I brought him out to the living room to play. We went on the floor, I sang to him, we played with blocks, etc. But his attention was elsewhere. He kept looking all around and every once in awhile he’s look at me and puff out his bottom lip and wine a little.
I picked up up, held him, but he kept doing the same thing.
Baby Monkey wanted his Mommy.
We went into the bedroom and Jane woke up when Monkey made a little squeak. I then put him down beside her and they cuddled for a little while while I made him a small bottle that he drinks before his morning nap. Jane has mornings down to a T with Monkey – and he’s used to it. With me, he acts very different because he must know that I don’t know the exact schedule Jane has with Monkey in the early AM. 
Anyway, that was our night and morning.
Monkey is doing great and feeling much better. We think the shots he got yesterday didn’t agree with him. 
And for me, having your baby throwing up all over you is a lot scarier than I would have ever imagined.
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- 10 ways our baby has told me how much he loves me and how to tell if your baby loves you!
Um wakkaflakka, Monkey is not the baby's real name, it is just his code name. This is what we call an anonymous pregnancy blog. Do you know what anonymous means? Probably not. Jane is not really named Jane, Tarzan is not named Tarzan, and baby Monkey isn't really named Monkey. I would guess you are the one heavy on drugs!
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