A Dustpan and A Sick Kid
Welcome to Works for Me Wednesday, sponsored by Rocks In My Dryer. This week I've discovered a new use for a dustpan.SM went to bed with an upset stomach and awoke a few hours later whining. The good Mama I am, I had given him a handy pink puke bucket courtesy of some previous hospital stay. He sits up and leans over his legs, barely able to sit up he's so tired. I remind him to grab the bucket. But I don't want him to throw up in the bucket if he doesn't have to--or his bed--so I tell him to crawl down. (His bed is a top bunk.) Does he?
NO.
He lies back down and I think maybe he had gas he let out and is feeling better. I'm smart. I leave on the light and tell him to get up if he feels like he has to vomit. He is, after all, my eight-year-old monkey, well able to climb down to the toilet on his own.
Ten minutes later I sit down to close out the computer for the night to head to bed and SM comes out with a long face. He has no bucket in his hand. I think maybe he's thirsty. He doesn't look like he feels bad. I give him a quizzical look.
"I threw up in my bed."
"WWWWHAAAAAAAT?!"
I just stand there baffled. He had the puke bucket. He had the light on. I had told him to get down and go to the bathroom.
ARRRRGGGGGGGGGGGG!
And here comes in the
That spare dustpan comes in handy a lot. A week ago it served as a hand shovel to scoop snow off the porch. I wonder what use I'll find for it next.
Duck tape (caulk in my hubby's case) is every man's fix-all. I think the dustpan is now mine. No mother (or father) should be without it!
Edited to add important note: Use a plastic dustpan. Vomit will eat metal because it contains stomach acid.
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Wow...wish I had heard this when my kids were still little. Great idea!
LOL, we don't have any children but we have very LARGE dogs so I've learned to use a dust pan and an old spatula to clean up dog vomit. Works great! (o;
Puke gross. Dustpan is a great idea! I will keep this in mind. :) Hope everyone is feeling better.
So gross but such a great tip! ;) haha..thank you for sharing! =)
Great clean up idea. I've heard that if you spray your dustpan with Pam that it cleans up easier. I always thought that tip was funny. I couldn't imagine bothering to wash the dustpan after sweeping the floor. But if said dustpan is used as a yackpan - nonstick would be an added bonus.
GREAT idea! I have puking dogs more than kids so I will definitely transform my dustpan into a yuckpan!
Puking dogs? I can relate. In the middle of the night last week my mommy sense woke me up in a heartbeat as I heard Diesel dog, our Great Dane pup, puking. Uh, he sleeps on our bed--MY side of the bed.
My brain may be very slow to assimilate what it sees or incorrectly process information, but it's ability to think and act subconsiously amazes me, for without coherency I grabbed the garbage can at the top of my head and but my dog's head in it to puke. Saved my bed!
Everyone is feeling better today. Thanks.
Robin, I don't think you need to pretreat the yackpan with anti-stick spray. Vomit is very often slippery and the less anti-stick, the better. As long as you wash the yack off the dustpan soon, which you'd want to do anyway, there should be no sticking problems.
One note: don't use a metal dustpan. Vomit will eat the finish because it contains stomach acid.
I can use this tip RIGHT NOW! We still have one messy blanket from one very long night. Thank you so much!
I'm so sorry you have a sick kiddo, Stephanie. I hope your family feels better real soon. Get some rest if you can.
This is a new one for me! Thanks!
Ah, the glamorous joys of motherhood. I'm glad to read this tip because my son sleeps on the top bunk in his room as well. A dustpan nearby will be handy the next time he feels sick!
Will you be offended if I think of you the next time I clean up puke? LOL. Great tip!
You know, there is nothing worse than trying to clean up puke out of the carpet! Thank goodness I haven't had to for a REALLY long time, but will have to remember this next time!
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