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Y’all…I’m dying. DYING of laughter. If you have not gone through & read the vomit stories, PLEASE DO IT on this lovely Friday afternoon. It is so worth it & will make you smile. People with vomit in their mouths. Someone compared the taste of Alimentum to “Tossing A Salad.” & poor Amy got barfed all over on her wedding day.
They were all so fantastic that I used Random.org & #232, aka Katy & her daughter, Aidan, are the winners! Katie, please email me at blairbear111@gmail.com & we’ll get it sent out to you! Congratulations!
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As a working mom, I’m about to let you in on one of my best-kept secrets. This bad boy:
A Burp Blanket, compliments of Sullivan & Sawyer. A few weeks ago, I was lamenting on how often I come to work with vomit on my shoulder. & sometimes down my back because Harrison has this incredible talent of aiming right over the shoulder. So regular burp cloths, even cloth diapers, simply don’t cut it. Really, he’s better than most Olympians & I’m pretty sure he’d be on the gold medal stand in Baby Olympics. Gross, right? But that’s what happens when you a) have a child & b) have a child with reflux. You get puked on. & it’s pretty much LAW that the moment you put on something nice & are two steps from your front door, your child pulls a Reagan & you need a young priest & an old priest to get the peas off your t-shirt.
The owner of Sullivan & Sawyer had the same issue, saying, “I was just sick of getting barfed on & it all going on my shoulder & down my chest.” & so the Burp blanket was born. (side note: this is NOT a sling. please do not carry your child,small canine, or grocery produce in it)
& my dry cleaning bill thanks it. Profusely.
She also makes paci ties that are DARLING & half the price of ones you find in store (meaning that Harrison’s paci stays on his person & not on the floor of Baby Gap, praise God) & my personal favorite, the bib clips:
Let’s say you’re out to dinner or it is laundry day & the only thing clean is a dish towel. It’s chicken-rice from a jar time for the tot, so you snag the dish towel, clip each end, & BAM! you have a bib.
(enter in where I wish I was this talented & creative to think of such things!)
So here’s the awesome news for readers – Sullivan & Sawyer are sponsoring a give-away! One lucky reader will win a Burp Wrap, Paci Tie, & Bib Clip! All you need to do is comment here with your best baby vom story (whether it’s your kid, something you saw in Target, or maybe your worst fear for being puked on), tell me which of the patterns below you love most, and follow me on Twitter.
1) Leave a comment for your story
3) Leave a comment saying which pattern you adore.
2) Leave a comment that says you follow me on Twitter (leave your Twitter address!)
Enter in once, enter in three times…it’s up to you, & each comment counts as one entry!
I’ll pick the winner on Friday. Best of luck!
p.s. Canadians, you are in luck! You also qualify! So to be a lawful citizen, please leave the answer to 2+2= __ at the end of your entries. You know, but put the number that 2+ 2 equals. Yes, I’m serious.
The pink leopard is so cute!
I follow you on twitter!
@mrscole
Worst puke story… when I was 16 my first niece was born, I had just gotten home late at night and my sister had just finished breastfeeding her. I wanted to play, and would hold her up above my head, making goofy noises and what not. Well, you probably guessed it by now, kid straight puked all over my face and INTO my mouth! Worst part is, the breastmilk was still WARM!!!! Gooooo, I gag just thinking about it! Being weeks from my own due date (my first!) I'm sure I will have many more stories in the future!
Hey Blair! Great giveaway! And although I think this is an awesome idea, I think another mummie with a baby that is a little more puke-prone than mine would deserve this more than me. Mostly, I just wanted to send along a big rad THANK YOU for including us Canadian folk. It makes us all warm and fuzzy feeling to be remembered!
Oh and PS. My Twitter is tessasak
Oh yeah. And silly law hey? 4. I know you are serious.
OMG this is the best idea!! I have a reflux baby.
My old boss was at my house meeting my baby and he proceeded to projectile puke everywhere several times in a row… My poor boss, my poor carpet, and I can't imagine how red I was.
I'm following you on twitter!
I love the pattern that you are modeling but with the black trim.
hope you're doing well
We were in church, and the priest was saying his sermon so of course it was very quiet in the room. Jonny decided that he had to eat right then and there….after giving him a few oz I burped him, and he gave out this very loud burp, that I swear echoed….and then following the burp he puked all over me! Of course all of the older members of the church around us laughed
I like the first pattern on the left.
Hi Blair~
my best puke story is that when my youngest son was born, he was a tiny little thing ( he weighed 5lbs at birth) and my husband who was in the army and deployed or stationed elsewhere for our other kids was actually around for him since his term with the army ended, and matty knew daddys voice from the second he was born, daddy was in awe of him and matty would "look for him" and every day when he would come home from work he would take a shower and come down and take him from me since he had been gone everyday,and since he had just showered and changed he had a clean shirt on and never fail , its like matty smelled it..he would puke tons all over him, even if he had a birp rag or a blanket he bypassed that and got the shirt, and daddy was like wtf!! that went on for a few months till he was a bit bigger but it was a funny every day happening.
I follow you on Twitter http://twitter.com/abarbieri
White scrubs…green peas…enough said
I should have said, whit scrubs, green peas, and reflux…enough said
I LOVE the brown with polka-dots–green or blue works in our house
I follow you on Twitter….mee83shell
I have twin girls. Two babies = twice the vomit. I was nursing the girls before work one day, I tandem feed, and in my hazy morning glow I didn't notice when one of the girls puked and it dripped off the boppy into my lap. I stood up after feeding them and realized there was a puddle in my lap. For a few minutes I was confused about where it had come from and then I had to go change my whole outfit of course because the new pants didn't match the old shirt. I also have a good story where the other baby puked (like full on adult vomit) all over my shoe and the carpet. Thank god for oriental rugs.
I love the pink circle paci clip
I follow you on twitter @saylucky
i also like the pattern of brown with green circles ,the blanket you are holding in your pic and also the turqouise with the green cirlces on the very end love love love the giveaway! thanks blair!
This puke story actually happened to a friend of mine. She was at work visiting during her maternity leave and went into a back conference room to nurse when one of the guys she works with walked in on her and all he could say was "oh your feeding" and proceeded to stand there… and right at that moment her son unlatched and spit up all down the front of her.
@amyrkeller…. I can't believe I haven't been following you already
I love the brown with green circles
My husband was holding our daughter while cooking dinner one night. She had been fine a minute before, but all of a sudden she got sick… all over the floor, all over my husband all over the stove and all over our dinner! we ordered a pizza that night ha!
I love the dark blue with lighter blue polkadots!
I follow you on twitter, ashalina!
Well, Olivia puked in my mouth when she was 2 or 3 months old. And, I'd blame it on reflux, because nothing is ever my fault, ever.
I was holding her up doing an awesome Airplane. Which, you know, FAIL anyways with a reflux baybee. But I was also singing Britney Spears to her – that Circus song that was popular last summer. "All eyes on Livi in the center of the livingroom just like a circus…"
And then she threw up in my mouth. Similac Alimentum throw up. I've never Tossed A Salad, so to speak, but if I had to guess what it tastes like to Toss A Salad? I'd guess that it tastes like Alimentum throw up directly into your mouth.
What could I do? Spit? Swallow? This isn't like a blowjob, here. I'd much rather swallow semen! Or, spit semen.
I decided to spit. And then yell, "HALP! HALP! HALP!" until Mark came from wherever he was (probably being productive while I sat on my ass and sang Britney Spears) and saved me with a towel and a swig of Moutain Dew.
Good.times.for.sure.
When I was around 6 or 7 years old, I was playing with my few month old baby sister. We were playing "airplane"… I was all smiles and laughs with her. So she's up over me, and spits up… right into my wide open smiling smouth (try not puke when you read this). Being a youngin' myself I freaked out, practicially threw my little sister to the ground and ran to the sink to spit out the spit up. ::Shudders:: It still creeps me out to think about it.
Oh, also. I like the pink polkadotty one.
And, I follow you on Twitter. I don't use my Twitter at all. twitter.com/jennepper
Love the pink with the polka dots!!
My husband woke me up one night in the middle of the night (it was his night with Chloe). I got up and walked into the nursery to find him shirtless and the baby naked, covered in vomit. Apparantly he decided to comfort her with skin-to-skin and she decided to vomit up her entire stomach contents. It was AWESOME!
This morning I finished up feeding my son and stood up to burp him. He burped nicely and seemed like he still had something else in there. Well yeah, he sure did. Sure enough the next burp was wet and he puked all down the front on me, I had a puddle in my bra. Yeah, not a good morning…. upstairs I went to change.
Love the black or brown/with blue polka dots!
When does my baby not spit up? All the time .. all over everything . I wish I was as funny as you Blair.. Love all colors anything would be great
When does my baby not spit up? All the time .. all over everything . I wish I was as funny as you Blair.. Love all colors anything would be great!!
I'm a reflux survivor thanks to my almost 3 year old, I've been puked on every which way possible. (I often reference the exersist when talking about her). But my best vomit story isn't from her….
Last fall my Mom and I took my 2 year old to the Chicago Shedd Aquairum for some quality time with her before her brother was due (NOV 09). We sat down and had an over priced lunch, and as we got up to leave, I felt my back , arm, and hand where wet. WTF?? My Mom asks what got me wet and I say "It looks like baby puke", to which the mother that was burping her baby behind me says "Oh my goodness, is that from us? I'm so sorry, none of my other kids spit up! But don't worry it's BREAST MILK so it won't stain." Let me just tell you, that there is nothing worse then having a strangers regergitated DNA all over you! Hands down the grosses thing ever. Give me my baby's vomit any day!!!!
p.s. My 3 mo old son is on allimentum, due to reflux and that stuff smells worse than anything, so not having to go to work smelling like spoiled dog food would be a god send!
I don't have a best vomit story, but my oldest daughter also suffered from acid reflux so it was like a constant thing with her. there was alway vomit everywere. My 2nd daughter couldn't be burped because as soon as you would attempt to burp her she would throw up all over you. My 3rd daughter would eat to much and puke up all over you and herself.
Wow all the colors are so cute I guess I like the brown and blue dots, also the one that you have with the dots all over it its cute!
I follow you on Twitter! @tophersgirl1
I already follow you on twitter
http://twitter.com/KathyLStraw
Orange Floral with basic trim. So cute!
Oh, now that is brilliant. I wish I'd had one of those when mine was redecorating all my clothes with spit-up stains!
My dog is always a big help in cleaning up baby vomit, and probably his favorite part of having a little one around.
Follow you on twitter – @lmexnicios
Love the green dots with green trim
My vom story:
Piper had bronchitis over Halloween last year, and she had just eaten lunch, something pureed, all I remember was it was really really green. When he picked her up from the highchair Her Dad noticed her diaper was leaking with nasty sick baby diarreah. He was carrying her, facing him but a little away from his body (to avoid poo transfer) when she started projectile vomitting on his face and chest. He instinctually started to turn her around so it would point away from him, at which point he got covered in leaky poo and I got vomitted on (having been going ahead of him to open the baby gate so he wouldn't have to hold her with one hand, which of course would have necessitated poo transfer).
Honestly, the burp cover would not have saved anyone in this scenario, I can't imagine what would have, but I want one anyway!
I'm loving the B&W houndstooth.
It was right after my daugher, Reagan (appropriately named as she has had MANY throwing up stories), I decided to go out and run a few errands and leave her home with my husband. I had been out for about an hour and a half when I looked down at my black North Face jacket to see a HUGE, white, smeared throw-up stain on my shoulder…..and I kept the jacket on. It was COLD out!
Love the design in the picture that is all the way to the left. So cute and what a great idea!
I am already a follower on Twitter!!
Forgot to leave my Twitter ID…..@babyloveblog
Post feeding I was patting M's back trying to get a burp out & she decided to give my boobs back some of the milk they just gave her. (We teach sharing in this house!) She projectile vommed all over my shirt, on my bra, & down between my boobs. A rag couldn't clean up this vom. It was a shower worthy puke! Blech! I learned my lesson though: Always cover your whole upper body with a burpcloth…. or just have Dad do the burping!
I like them all but the purple is my favorite! I never see purple baby items!
I follow you on Twitter (& get all giddy when I get your Tweets via text) No I'm not a stalker. I just find you hilarious!
twitter.com/AmandaHannold
I stalk (I mean follow) you on Twitter @notmommyofyear
I like the pink circle pattern
I have twin spitters. Nary a day goes by that I am not coated in their vomit. It's delightful. Once I was holding my baby girl and stood up from the couch, as I did so, she spit up… All over the keyboard of our beloved Mac Book which was on the coffee table Now we must type sans quotation marks, question marks and forward slashes and we can't use the left arrow key. According to the guys at the genius bar, this is a $700 fix. Babies. Gotta love em.
Love the pattern that looks like little Aspirins for obvious reasons.
I do love the orange floral! And why didn't I think of this.
EJ spits a lot, spits up everything unless there is rice cereal in it. This episode taught me to mix rice cereal with yogurt cause yogurt spit up STINKS. I live in Atlanta and I finally got up the nerve to go the fancy mall with the little guy, they have Janie & Jack and there was a sale and I couldn't help myself. I should have said no to Neimans, but I wanted some motivation to stick to my diet and looking at adorable clothes that I cant possibly squeeze my big butt in OR afford I thought might help. Bad Idea, as I am admiring the Kate Spade department EJ projectile spits up all over me… yogurt. Its dripping all over me but just me so I think we are ok as I turn to get something out of my bag to clean it up with he does it again… ALL OVER the sales lady who was trying to make sure her clothes were safe. Curdled yogurt was all over my clothes and a huge spot on my ugg boot… its still there too… and the sales lady with her no doubt designer clothes. Damn that was such a bad idea, I will never go to Neimans again.
& I really want to win, but don't have good vomit stories. My babe prefers to have diaper blowouts five minutes before I need to leave for work that mean a bath for her & a change of clohes for me. & since I hate everything in my closet these days that totally sucks.
I love the light blue one on the far right! So cute!!
So Oliver is not a big puker, but he got me good one time. He didn't just puke ON me, but IN TO MY MOUTH. Spit, gag, spit.
My baby boy also has reflux. We were at the cheescake factory a few weeks ago for lunch and as we were waiting he spitup all over the lobby. All the people in the lobby looked grossed out. It did not even phase me as we are so used to this kind of thing!
I love the Dots w/ Green trim. My son spits up quite a bit – his latest vomit story…we were out to breakfast and I had the bright idea to try feeding him pancakes. For some reason, he has a gag reflex with any table food. So of course, after the 3rd piece of pancake he gags and pukes – I saw it coming, so I caught it in my hand. That was fun.
My comment for the pattern : Dots w/ Green
following you on twitter – @tonilb16
Pattern I Adore: the one all the way on the right. The blue/teal with the big circles. I think it might actually be the same fabric that my nursing cover is made of… and matchy-match makes me happy.
I'm not entering as I don't have kids and don't plan to for a year or two, but I just wanted to say that after reading all these comments I will never play airplane with my mouth open when I do have kids. See these are the things I would never learn if I didnt read your blog.
Oh man. Spit up is my life. The best story was a couple of weeks ago when my younger brother was holding my 3 month old son, Jack. Jack puked all over my brother's shirt- which he thought was funny until he realized that the spit up was very literally chunks of his sister's breastmilk. Then I though HE was going to puke. Hee hee.
OH- and I like the blue with blue trim wrap.
This is like the good old first five minutes of a sit-com. My favorite vom story ever (and there are lots…oh there are LOTS):
We had just gotten home from a regular check-up at the doctors office. Lila was screaming – and I mean the beet red stress mom out kind of screaming – from the shots and because she was hungry. Since I was still breastfeeding, I stripped down to the waist (seriously I took everything off because all my nursing bras were in the wash). My husband had run off to use the bathroom. I had been nursing her for 4 or 5 minutes when, when one of the weiner dogs promptly threw up all over the wood floor.
Cursing, I detached my child, ran back to the kitchen, grabbed a towel and went to bend down to wipe up the vomit, just as my milk let down again (because the baby was crying still). Dripping breast milk all over the floor, holding the screaming child and pushing the other dog back from the mess, I yelled for my husband to come help. He promptly replied that he was "a little busy," I replied he needed to finish and get his ass out there now since I couldn't hold two weiner dogs and a now belligerent infant at bay from the dog vomit and breast milk oozing all over the place. Blood droplets hit the floor next to the breast milk – now her leg was dripping from the shots (the only time I've EVER had that happen). A long stream of curse words erupted from my mouth, my husband came around the corner trying to pull his pants up, I stood up, and Lila puked…EVERYWHERE .. I was covered, she was covered, the dogs were covered, the floor was covered. It was one of those projectile vomit moments where you can't believe that much puke just came out of something so small.
I sat down and cried and laughed at the same time while my husband tried to keep the dogs from licking the baby vomit off each other's necks.
The pink, blue and orange striped pattern in the cutest in my opinion, since summer is on its way.
When my daughter was an infant she puked right into my mouth! was the most horrible thing ever! She also had reflux. so with # kids Ive been peed on my face(by my son who has great aim apparently) puke in the mouth and my newest addition just pooped on my hand! LOVE being a mommy!
I am in love with the teal polka dot ones! I ♥ DOTS!
I am a faithful follower on Twitter @tmbarnes.
My favorite vom story: happened last week. DS was at swim lessons at the local Y. DD and I watched and played, ever so quietly on the bleachers. I should add that we live in a W2D area with people who are nearly 10 years older than us…but have kids the same age as ours. The other moms were on their iphones and lugging their towels in Prada beach bags and complaining about this seasons line at Nordstroms for sandals…while I played, quietly, in my own corner with DD. After about 10 minutes of playing and rolling eyes at DD listening to them talk…it happened. DD projectile vom'd. All over me. All over my work clothes. All down my legs. Into the diaper bag and the car seat. ….wait for it….wait….and all over the lady behind me talking about her Louis bag. Score one for us. But I was miserable and embarassed. Needless to say, DH took DS this week. I may never be able to show my face again.
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Skyping with the parents 8 hours away..finally got Cameron to show them how he can roll over and gave them a tour of his new play mat – went to put him in front of the screen to say goodbye and he puked all over my laptop keyboard….I spent the next 4 hours trying to clean it up. My husband said the other day he noticed the #4 key sticking. I'll never tell.
I LOVE the Houndstooth one! Thanks for this giveaway Blair!
This is great. I regularly walk around with baby vomit on me from my 6 month old. The best is when he coughs and fountain pukes an entire 6 oz bottle all over me and the couch. Or how about when it runs right down between my boobs and my bra catches all of it
This is great. I regularly walk around with baby vomit on me from my 6 month old. The best is when he coughs and fountain pukes an entire 6 oz bottle all over me and the couch. Or how about when it runs right down between my boobs and my bra catches all of it
I love the blue and green one with circles.
I don't have any vomit stories just yet – but my friend has two daughters and when the youngest was just about one she was sick one day but seemed to be perking up when we showed up. She was standing in the living room while we were on the couch talking and started to bawl. My friend asked what was wrong and projectile vomit went everywhere, poor kid!
P.S I wanted to add that you look amazing, you have been such a wonderful job on the weight loss. And I love that shirt on you – red is a good color on you!
I truly don't believe you have been barfed on until it ends up in your mouth. I had just finished giving my baby his bottle and was rocking him to sleep in the glider and all of a sudden I yawned and he decided at that exact moment to vomit, projectile style. 80% of it ended up in my mouth as my mouth was WIDE open. I was so in shock that I froze up, started dry heaving myself, and calling my husband's name to "help,…HELP". Well, hubby was on the toilet finishing up business, had no idea what was going on, and was probably thinking that I was dying. He rushed out of the bathroom, pants around his ankles, walking duck style as he had not quite finished. We eventually got the mess cleaned up and I managed to not vomit myself.
The pattern second from the right with the blue mod circles is my fave!
My favorite vomit story just happened this week. I had just fed my 6 month old reflux baby and handed him off to daddy. I warned him that I had just fed him and not to move him to much because with his reflux (as you know oh to well) he is frequently an erupting volcano of spit up. Of course daddy ignored me, as daddy's often too, and while playing with my little guy he decided to lift him over his head. Next thing you know I look over, and Dad is COVERED in a sea of white. It was dripping down his face, in his ear, and had somehow projectiled it's way onto the couch. And as luck would have it, not a drop landed on my freshly bathed and dressed little baby boy. My poor husband covered in breastmilk spit up, is by far the funniest thing I have seen in a long time!!!
…. and I should add my favorite pattern is the new navy, green, and blue circle print. Really I love most of them. Cute website!
worst vomit story was when i was babysitting as a teenager…my shirt was a little on the big side and as i picking the baby up he spit up and it went all the way down my shirt down to my belly button…it was disgusting and being that i was babysitting, i didnt have another change of clothes so i had to clean up the best i could until mom came home.
love the brown and aqua dot one
My best puke story actually happened two days ago. My daughter was almost over a cold/ear infection. We were snuggling in bed before we left for Gymboree. (she was cleared by the doctor-I'm not THAT mom) She started coughing and coughed so hard she threw up all over my sheets, her clothes, my clothes, and it got through our duvet and onto the down comforter. It was chunky and stinky. ewwwwwwwww
I like the green and brown dots!
I'm a twitter follower! ShoeFanatic614
Baby vom story: Right as the clock struck midnight, my good friends were holding their 9 month old baby and jumping up and down and singing. Until she projectile vomited in the middle of the party all over the guests couch.
Favorite pattern: teal and light green geometric cirlces on white background.
Twitter follower: houseofhege
I don't have a puke story of my own yet, so I'm stealing one from my friend at work. He was in the checkout line at the grocery store with his 18 month old son. It was after work, so very busy. He had no idea that anything was wrong with his son and just loading everything on the conveyor belt. He was standing in front of his son (who was sitting in the cart) and all of a sudden his son puked. It was like a scene from exorcist, he said. It can straight out all over him, all over his shirt, pants, shoes, and turned into a puddle around him on the floor. Not to mention that there were people in front and back of him in line. What a day!
Another baby vom story: Sitting at a bible study, my friend had just finished breast feeding her 11 month old. She sat him and he puked all down the front of her, the leather couch she was sitting on, and the person sitting next to her.
2nd Favorite pattern: bright colored flower pattern (green, blue, pink).
Twitter follower: houseofhege
I like the stripes one. Very neutral (I think) since we don't no what we're having yet.
Here's my story: My husband and I were babysitting our niece Ella for the first time (I think she was probably about 5 months old). She had really bad acid reflux, and also did NOT like being without her mom. So her parents left and Ella started to cry. And scream. And scream. And cry. And we knew that when she got worked up, she would spit up. Except Ella never spit up like normal little babies. She projectile vomited. So I was walking around with her (face out at this point), trying to calm her down, when she let go and started to puke. Luckily, I somehow managed to lift up her bib and catch the puke as we ran towards the sink. She overflowed the bib. We were a mess.
We got it cleaned up, got her ready to go on a walk, and as soon as we put her in her stroller she had a diaper blowout up her back.
The End
I follow on twitter (lindseyivory)!
My favorite pattern is the blue houndstooth (I think that's what it is!).
I am pregnant with my first child, but I have a "daughter" (a little yorkie named Minnie) that frequently gets too excited about her food and then throws it all back up. I AM SO SCREWED when I have our little boy because I cannot pick up her puke without gagging to the point of puking, or just flat out refusing and making my husband pick it up. I will definitely be investing in one of those nifty contraptions if I'm not lucky enough to win!
By the way, love your blog and excited about this contest!
Baby vom story: My husband and I are expected our first child any day now (for real, my due date is Sunday!) and my husband was at a class called Daddy Boot Camp offered by our local hospital. They had 3 new dads attend and bring their newborns to give the dads hands on experience. My husband was holding one of the dad's baby and asked the man next to him if he wanted to hold the baby for a minute. The man hesitated and said he had never held an infant before. My husband convinved him it was no big deal, just go ahead and give it a try. The second he handed the baby off, it vomited all down the front of inexperienced dad-to-be's shirt. Needless to say, he skipped the rest of the class!
Patter I like: Navy and blue polka dots
Twitter follower: houseofhege
And I apparently have lost the ability to read and follow instructions! Seriously the baby brain thing has kicked in with a vengence!
I love the houndstooth pattern, and my twitter is petkoffc.