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kristin31
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 Posted: 02/20/03 - 20:43 Post subject: OK, I am NEVER going to be able to have children...
If I have to clean up after them when they are sick. I don't know how you guys do it. I mean it in a good way. I can't even handle a sick dog without yakking.
My dog got into something. It's been a mess for 2 days. Even though my sainted (at this point) SO has been doing most of the clean-up I obviously can't expect him to do all of it. I can't handle it without yakking.
My hats off to you. Or do you just get a stronger stomach once you hit parenthood?
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purple hayes
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Posted: 02/20/03 - 20:47 Post subject:
You can always adopt them after they've been through the diaper stage.  Only the occassional  will I have to clean up. Did my first one in I can't remember when a few week ago. It wasn't too bad, she actually threw up (mostly) in some project she was doing for school.
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Cappy
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Posted: 02/20/03 - 20:49 Post subject:
You get used to it, takes a while but you get used to it
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rolling rock
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Posted: 02/20/03 - 20:50 Post subject:
i dunno, it's kinda like you have no choice but to act so you do.
i remember being yakked on when my son was 12 months old. i mean, it was dripping off the end of my nose onto the changing table. this was as close as i've ever come to running away on the spot...but, you grin and bear it and sop it up and move on.
it helps if your kids are completely adorable then, it's no big deal. even if they are adorable and 14 -- it's still no big deal. you'll still want to yak, but for some reason it just seems OK--you feel more pity for them than disgust i guess.
now, if i were a school janitor cleaning up after other peoples' kids---dang that's a different story 
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kristin31
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Posted: 02/20/03 - 20:51 Post subject:
Given the way things are progressing with the pooch, that may be the only option. Unless someone else wants to clean up all the mess (and with those hours it's not ever going to happen).
Try giving a dog Kaopectate some time just for fun (oh, wait, did I say fun?)
Edited to add adopting the older kids part. Which is something we have talked about anyway. Given the way things are now, it would be at least a year, more like two anyway. If we barely have time for one (very well-behaved, so we're luckier than a lot of people I know) dog, I don't know how we could possibly think about handling another person. Knowing you get used to the mess is somewhat positive (while I am sure yakking every time you clean up something is condusive to weight loss, it 's not healthy!).
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Posted: 02/20/03 - 21:42 Post subject:
You just do it. I do not want to begin to tell you about the other stuff we have had to clean up with Abby
I did not sign up for that.
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keltic63
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Posted: 02/20/03 - 22:39 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | i dunno, it's kinda like you have no choice but to act so you do.
i remember being yakked on when my son was 12 months old. i mean, it was dripping off the end of my nose onto the changing table. this was as close as i've ever come to running away on the spot...but, you grin and bear it and sop it up and move on.
it helps if your kids are completely adorable then, it's no big deal. even if they are adorable and 14 -- it's still no big deal. you'll still want to yak, but for some reason it just seems OK--you feel more pity for them than disgust i guess.
now, if i were a school janitor cleaning up after other peoples' kids---dang that's a different story |
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I was the wimpiest about this stuff before kids. Like RR said, when they are the most adorable things on earth and they're sick, you feel so bad for them even if they get it on you or make a terrible mess. For some reason, a parent is able to stomach it and move on. My 4yo usually showers with me in the mornings and has now gotten into the habit of peeing on me  Now that's just gross and I tell him that, and he just laughs this evil laugh. Am I really bothered by this?? no, but I'd prefer that he not grow up thinking this is normal!
now at school: i wouldn't want to be the janitor either, but I've had kids get sick in my classroom. Again, not a big deal. I have the VoBan (sawdust stuff) and I call the janitor to clean it up. My biggest problem is keeping the rest of the kids calmed down and preventing copycat pukes!
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genie
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Posted: 02/20/03 - 23:07 Post subject:
Poor Sierra....sounds like it's time for a trip to the doctor. 
I too am childless and generally strong stomached UNTIL it comes to poop and puke, then forget it. I often think about this too in respect to having kids. I worked in a hospital so I have seen some nasty sh*t, funny how blood and guts don't bother me, even when I stepped in them......but anything smelly and it's all over. You are not alone.
Hang in there.......I kinda am leaning toward PH's idea...I am not much for the baby stage anyway. Give me a peeing 4 year old over a puking infant any day.
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keltic63
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Posted: 02/20/03 - 23:10 Post subject:
| genie wrote: | | Give me a peeing 4 year old over a puking infant any day. |
you like that sort of thing?? 
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genie
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Posted: 02/20/03 - 23:20 Post subject:
| keltic63 wrote: | | genie wrote: | | Give me a peeing 4 year old over a puking infant any day. |
you like that sort of thing?? |
 Smartass......
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keltic63
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Posted: 02/20/03 - 23:28 Post subject:
| genie wrote: | | keltic63 wrote: | | genie wrote: | | Give me a peeing 4 year old over a puking infant any day. |
you like that sort of thing?? |
Smartass...... |
were you talking to my wife??? she said the same thing to me this afternoon!
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genie
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Posted: 02/20/03 - 23:32 Post subject:
Hmmm.....let's just say this:
Don't....go....to.....sleep..... 
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Posted: 02/20/03 - 23:37 Post subject:
Well, I have kids and a dog Kristen, and if this makes you feel any better, I hate cleaning up after my dog. What a pain in the ass!
With your kids, it's much different. I mean, if they throw up they don't feel good. The old parental instincts kick in when it is your child.
Dogs are different. They don't share DNA with you.
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keltic63
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Posted: 02/20/03 - 23:41 Post subject:
| coachmarkos wrote: | Well, I have kids and a dog Kristen, and if this makes you feel any better, I hate cleaning up after my dog. What a pain in the ass!
With your kids, it's much different. I mean, if they throw up they don't feel good. The old parental instincts kick in when it is your child.
Dogs are different. They don't share DNA with you. |
and the dog never seems to be sick in just 1 spot....always has to spread it around!
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omega lambda
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Posted: 02/21/03 - 00:25 Post subject:
| coachmarkos wrote: | Well, I have kids and a dog Kristen, and if this makes you feel any better, I hate cleaning up after my dog. What a pain in the ass!
With your kids, it's much different. I mean, if they throw up they don't feel good. The old parental instincts kick in when it is your child.
Dogs are different. They don't share DNA with you. |
Yeah...I don't know how Mother Nature managed the wiring, but is different when you share DNA with the sick one. Your love for your child manages to overcome the gross factor.
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