Comments on: 5 Things I Learned When My Daughter Threw Up on a Plane

By: Valerie

Valerie — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:09:37 +0000

I have a 3 year old who always pukes on the way home from Mexico. Before we board we buy a cheap but thick towel. He can use it as a blanket and it’s right there once he gets going. Also, my husband and I have a game plan in place. Whoever is by the window, is the catcher and comforter. The parent by the isle is in charge of disposing, extra napkins and water. It works out well, almost to the point where were aren’t even phased by it.

By: Jamie Pearson

Jamie Pearson — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:01:43 +0000

@Elizabeth: That is an amazing and terrifying story! I hardly let my kids cross the street by themselves, let alone international borders. Wow.

@Beth: I have never heard that about Benadryl. Of course, it takes a brave parent to give medicine to a puking child. Sounds like the payoff is worth it though.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:51:54 +0000

When I was 11 years old my siblings and I went on our first sans-parent flight to Zacatecas, Mexico, from Chicago. We made a mistake in the date/time of the flight and had to stay in Chicago overnight. My parents had prepared a special package for us with candy and games for the flight and they gave it to us that night at the hotel. My 5-year-old sister ate THE ENTIRE BAG OF CANDY the night before. As soon as the plane started going down the runway, she turned yellow and said, “Chivet, I’m going to throw up.” Lucky for me, there was a barf bag, and I had to hold it for her while she puked up about 15 sour balls and an family size package of Skittles, among other things. When she was done, she closed the bag, handed it to me and said, “Here you go.” Then she fell asleep for the entire flight, leaving me with her bag of vomit. I didn’t smell, but at age 11, that kind of traumatized me and I always, always, look for the vomit bag in airplanes, especially when traveling with my two kids.

By: Beth Sethi

Beth Sethi — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:08:34 +0000

The exact same thing happened to me with my 15 month old daughter on a flight back from Buenos Aires to the States. She threw up on me as we boarded the plane, as soon as we got to our seats, and continued to do so the entire flight home. Thankfully I did have a change of clothes for both me and her, which helped until she threw up again…and again…and again. My husband is a physician though and he had a good idea that helped: Children’s Benadryl, which we happened to have along. Benadryl is an anti-emedic (anti-nausea), besides its usual use as an allergy med. It helped our daughter stop throwing up plus made her sleepy and gave us all some much needed rest.

By: Jane Rytina

Jane Rytina — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:19:40 +0000

Janette
Sounds smelly. Thanks for commenting and visiting TravelSavvyMom.com
Jane

By: Janette

Janette — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:20:05 +0000

OMG I can relate to this! I would have so helped you. I had such a bad experience once in a department store in the summer with my 1.5 year old. He was in shorts, wearing a diaper that I now know was loose. I was holding him on my hip and standing at the checkout counter about to pay for my purchace when there was a terrible roar and an explosion of poop shot out of his nappy, dripped down my arm and smeared my shirt! I was at a smelly loss, not to mention the horrified look on the checkout lady’s face. All I could do was rush him to the store bathroom an grab a change of clothes for both of us along the way. Thank goodness I was in a department store. My bill was much higher since I had to add the unexpected purchace. Now I laugh, but I learned the hard way and now keep whips and a change of clothing for both of us in the car.

By: judi pearson

judi pearson — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:35:32 +0000

These stories and the comments are hilarious! (Glad I wasn’t there or you would have had two people throwing up on you). The poop one comes in as a very close second.

By: Mara

Mara — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:31:02 +0000

I would have helped you! Really!

The closest I can come to this story is a blowout poop of epic proportions that required changing in the trunk of a car parked next to Independence Hall (the car was mine – there was just nowhere else to do it). But on reflection, that’s really for wimps. Your story is much much much worse.

By: Sylke

Sylke — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:03:01 +0000

First, my sympathies to all of the moms who have had to deal with air sickness. I have an EXTREME fear of vomit. So when my then-12-year-old daughter vomited on a recent plane trip, I was very thankful that I wasn’t with her.

One weekend, she took a solo trip to visit out-of-town relatives (a trip she takes almost monthly) and missed her flight home (thanks to her uncle). To kill time, they went to eat, and apparently, it didn’t sit so well. Right as the plane was taking off, she reached for the air-sick bag (thank goodness there was one) and threw up. She vomited a couple of other times, and after filling her air-sick bag, had to improvise with a bag she had in her purse (some of it did get onto her clothes, unfortunately).

When I picked her up at the gate, I asked her if the flight attendant helped her at all. As she tells the story, the flight attendant was more concerned with the guy sitting in her row who was having a panic attack. Luckily, my daughter is so laid back that she laughed about it.

By: soultravelers3

soultravelers3 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:10:12 +0000

Wow, and you are still here to tell the story with your great wit! I can not even imagine such a trip.

Luckily my kidlet very rarely vomits and was 6 years old before her first time.I think she has done it twice in her life…although one of those was a fun night in Istanbul & most it went into my hair. Fun! The gulet cruise got her once too, but not like a woman from Oz who had her head in a bag the whole 4 days. Jeesh, poor thing.

Our worse traveling was when she was a baby because she truly hated the car seat and took about 2 years to adjust to that. We lived in the boonies so had to drive everywhere with a screaming kid.

My worse time was dealing with bathroom issues on the Sahara overnight. That sand is just not made for an overweight gimp like me! ;)