Bazooka Barf

My friend, Janet, uses the term "Bazooka Barf" when referring to her kids getting sick and throwing up a lot. I learned what this really means tonight. Keira's been fighting a cold this past week and has had uncontrollable cough spasms. These spasms cause her gag reflex to kick in. She mostly gags and recovers, so it hasn't been too bad. On occasion she's barfed up a little bit, but nothing significant. Tonight was a different story.

I put Keira to bed while Mark was at the grocery store. I heard her start to cough, but waited to see if it would subside. It went on too long, so I went into her room and picked her up. As I held her to my shoulder and turned to whisper soothing words, she opened her mouth and out came a fountain of vomit. She got the left side of my face, which in turn, shot back onto the right side of her face and spewed down her clothes and mine. We were soaked! It was disgusting and I almost puked myself. Thank goodness it was just formula. That was enough to make me sick. Anyway, I'm proud to say I stayed very calm and got everything cleaned up in about 10 minutes - Keira, me, our clothes, her crib, and the carpet. She then went to sleep shortly after.

The adventures in motherhood continue...