Aaron and I experienced our first "throw up all over self and carseat" experience. Along with adding many "feeling like a horrible parent" moments to the list. The three of us had made it out of the house fully prepared for a day trip to the east coast of Florida to visit a good friend who was in town. Aaron had put Rohan in a cute outfit including khaki cargo shorts (which ended up being too small and too tight). Rohan had oatmeal and bananas with a bottle like usual, had his morning poopy diaper, and we were ready to go. While on alligator alley (90 minute ride through the everlgades on I-75 with 2 barrien exits and rest areas filled with picnic tables and trash cans underneath the hot Florida sun along a canal full of alligators) I kept getting a whiff of baby spit up that would come and go. I couldn't justify it because Rohan didn't make any sounds like he had spit up and he had been sleeping for quite some time. I thought I must be crazy and must be smelling the peels from our bananas we ate. I finally mentioned something to Aaron (at this point we were about 15-20 minutes from the hotel our friends were staying at). Aaron said I should take a look at Rohan if I was worried about it. I could not believe my eyes when I leaned over the front seat to take a look at Rohan in his car seat. He had dried oatmeal and bananas all over him. The only comfort (if you can call it comfort) in this was Rohan was sleeping so it must not have bothered him too much??? For heavens sake. Soon after this Rohan did wake up and we pulled to the nearest roadside stop. Aaron took Rohan and cleaned him off and I took on the carseat. Normally I use gloves (at work) for jobs that involve emesis but I did not have a choice (it was do or die, my child had to sit in a cleaner car seat) and it was my child's puke (somehow I tried to tell myself it wasn't as bad??). So there we were at a reststop on alligator alley (feels like the middle of nowhere) cleaning up throw-up. I think Aaron and I were more disturbed than Rohan. He got through it with smiles and giggles. After debriefing in the car Aaron admited that Rohan's shorts were probably too tight for him (12 months). As prepared as we thought we were you are never prepared for that. One outfit less, an empty wet ones container, a cleaner car seat and baby with new outfit we were on our way to meet our friends.
Thankfully car seat covers come off. It is ironic (chalk this up to being a bad mother) it takes throw-up for me to figure out how to take the carseat cover off and wash it. Rohan will be in his big boy (convertible) car seat in a couple weeks (after our MN trip) and his baby carseat now looks brand new all from one trip in the washing machine.
***Rohan was immediately bathed at the hotel****
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