Oh, barf!

I've been through the barf wars.

Ain't pretty.

Whole lotta laundry.

(Twice? That's nothin'. Try every 45 minutes or so for days...)

How long has it been since the last ... ralph? If it's been more than a day, you'll probably be fine.

Take care!

Last night was the latest round. We switched too quickly to dairy, I think.

Just venting. This is hardly the most repulsive thing I've ever had to do....

Oh, vent away. It's horrible.

It's just so very YUCKY! And then there is all the brain stuff you have to do, as you alluded to with the dairy thing -- OK, what comes next? I have to keep her hydrated without starting the barfing again, what should I give her... etc.

We've found red grape juice to be good, and always much less than she wants. She's dehydrated and thirsty and wants to chug, but that's never good -- little tiny sips, over a long time.

Also towels, lots of non-white towels.

She's been fine all night?

Yeah, but she'd been fine for a day before the latest "event."

Red grape juice? Doesn't that stain when it comes back up?

Back to the BRAT diet: banana, rice, apple, and tea. Except we substitute electrolytes for the tea.

We've had bad luck with apple.

By the time we get to red grape juice, it usually stays down.

But that's why I said non-white towels... :-D

This could also of course be something different from what we're used to -- I don't think she's ever had stomach flu, just various nausea-inducing circumstances.

What we do:

-ice chips (to stave off immediate nausea, but very limited)
-grape juice (not apple, had specifically bad results with apple) -- it can be white grape juice, though.
- popsicles
-jello

later, if this stuff is staying down

-chicken broth

JUST liquid for quite a while

then on to

-rice
-saltine crackers
-more broth
-more other liquids

If she's kept all of that down, she's ready to move on to "baby food", basically whatever she could eat when she was a baby. Bananas, etc.

Staying all-liquid for a while (~24 hours) is what really helps with her though.

Yeah, we did all that. Two steps forward, one step back....

Not to mention a cranky little girl who doesn't understand why she doesn't feel good.

You have my sympathies, DD. Hang in there.

Yeah, the crankiness is another layer of horribleness.

Mucho sympathy from here, too.

Applesauce.

You have my sympathies.

Sometimes the damage is reduced by spreading a bath towel over the poor, dear, child's pillow.

Sometimes it is not.

You have my sympathy.

Hold your dominion.