Nov 24 2008
Worst Day So Far
One day while I was assigned to kitchen duties, I was sent to the infant room to start the break schedule.
Shortly after I got there, one of the babies started crying and fussing so I went over to pick her up. She started coughing - and then I heard that oh so charming gag that every ECE worker recognizes. Not like I could just drop her - and we are not even supposed to make faces or say YUCK …would not do to make baby think you did not like her.
So I held her and smiled while the sweet little baby puked all over me.
Fortunately there were some extra shirts around from field trips. It could have been a lot worse. But still. It was pretty darn icky … because of our child:staff ratios I could not leave until the other staff came back a half an hour later. By then I was MORE than ready to get out of there.
I feel for you, remembering when the kids were little and the colds seemed to never end. Tomorrow will be a better day. Therese
My daughter, now 8.5 months old, went through a period of time where she spit up on me daily. I have a real problem with vomit, but no one seemed to get it as often or consistently as I did. And I rarely got the gag sound first. She has eased up on that, though.
I feel for you, but, sorry, this is unlikely to be a last time.