At DLR right now but ...

[Cookiedude]

... two of our four kids woke up vomiting at 3am My poor DS7 is so so ill right now. I'm sitting here waiting for housekeeping, man are they getting a huge tip

This is day three of our five days at DLR so here's hoping we salvage some more time (and that the other two don't get it!!!!!!).

I really can't complain because we've had the most magic two days in the parks. Walk on absolutely everything INCLUDING SPACE!! The kids have been wonderful and everywhere you turn there's happy people and carol singers and gigantic christmas trees. I cried during the pre-parade-castle-lighting-snow thing

And my youngest son (the one who is so sick right now) wanted me to hold him during the fireworks, so there we were, cheek to chubby little cheek, when halfway through he looked down at me at said "Thank you for deciding to come to Disneyland mummy" and planted a huge kiss on my cheek. Took a quick look around to see if we were in a Disney commericial. Nope, real life. Cool.

Oops, he's awake and vomiting again. Help!

 

[VWCat]

awww,that is so sweet not the vomit of course,good luck with that. glad you had a magical time

 

[NVDisMom]

I'm sending you all the Mommy good vibes I can. Hopefully its a 12 hour thing and they'll be up and running by dinner time. Kids have an amazing way of bouncing back after things like this. Especially in a place like Disneyland.

 

[Cookiedude]

Thanks guys I hope you're right.

He's such a sweetie. Everytime he throws up he apologises. I told him that when he's better he can buy anything he wants from Pieces of Eight. That cheered him up a lot.

And speaking of how dead it was at the parks this week, we had to sit on Star Tours and wait for more people to come before they started the ride!! We had a most excellent CM too, an older guy who did a little spiel about R2D2 before he launched us that made it so much more fun. Also at Jedi Training almost all the kids who wanted to be picked actually got picked! That was so nice to see. All three of our kids got picked at the same time, which was cool (and saved so many awww-no-fairs )

 

[Mommy2PrincessAbby]

If there is anyway you can pick up some kids acidophilis or get some yogurt down them (yo baby?? or something with more cultures?), it will help! I promise!! Good luck!

--Lisa

 

[CoolPool]

Feel Better Feel Better !

 

[Cookiedude]

If there is anyway you can pick up some kids acidophilis or get some yogurt down them (yo baby?? or something with more cultures?), it will help! I promise!! Good luck!

--Lisa

At the moment he can't even keep a sip of water down (it's been 8hrs and counting ...) but thanks for the tip, I'll see if I can find some.

 

[ransom]

Here's some and in the hopes that no one in your family will be by tomorrow morning!

I know how your little guy feels. I was in that same situation many, many years ago on a family trip to DLR. I was up all night in our hotel room, vomiting till I had the dry heaves, then heaving the rest of the night.

By morning, I felt pretty good. Went to breakfast with the family, ate some dry toast and drank some ginger ale. Went down fine!

Decided I was starved, so had a bit more substantial breakfast -- soft boiled egg, toast, and orange juice.

Got all thirsty and drank a glass of water.

Then immediately puked all over the table.

So much liquid and food came out that it went all across the table and got on everyone else.

I felt fine again right afterward, though!

So we went to Disneyland. On the way in, I let loose again into one of the planters.

Thankfully, I was fine the rest of the trip, but that was an awful 12 hours!!

I hope your family all feels perfectly by morning at the latest.

 

[samkj]

Lots of get well vibes coming your way! Our trip last week was the first time we've been to DL that my son didn't get sick. In Feb, both he and my oldest daughter got sick in our rooms. Housekeeping got HUGE tips that week!

 

[Mommy2PrincessAbby]

When we had rotovirus when dd was a baby little bits of yogurt was just the ticket... the cultures rebalance your tummy, way better than water or juice... can make a huge difference! Now we all take acidophilis chewables when on trips to places that we might get a bug (like Mexico) and we never have a problem!

--Lisa

 

[Cookiedude]

Here's some and in the hopes that no one in your family will be by tomorrow morning!

I know how your little guy feels. I was in that same situation many, many years ago on a family trip to DLR. I was up all night in our hotel room, vomiting till I had the dry heaves, then heaving the rest of the night.

By morning, I felt pretty good. Went to breakfast with the family, ate some dry toast and drank some ginger ale. Went down fine!

Decided I was starved, so had a bit more substantial breakfast -- soft boiled egg, toast, and orange juice.

Got all thirsty and drank a glass of water.

Then immediately puked all over the table.

So much liquid and food came out that it went all across the table and got on everyone else.

I felt fine again right afterward, though!

So we went to Disneyland. On the way in, I let loose again into one of the planters.

Thankfully, I was fine the rest of the trip, but that was an awful 12 hours!!

I hope your family all feels perfectly by morning at the latest.

Okay firstly, gross
Secondly, thanks for sharing. It's nice to know I'm not alone!

Housekeeping finally just came. Poor girl did not speak a word of English. Very very difficult to explain the concept that "no I don't want the room done but yes I need lots more towels and um can you take these thousands of bits of dirty linen away with you" using sign language and an Aussie accent She just nodded and walked away. Two minutes later I get a call from housekeeping saying "she didn't understand what you wanted". Ya, I got that part

 

[Amy&Dan]

Oh my gosh Cookiedude, I really, really, REALLY hope your kids feel better soon and that everyone else stays healthy! And your fireworks story brought a tear to my eye, that is so what Disneyland is all about. Just exactly what Walt himself built the park for, to make special memories to be enjoyed together as a family. Get well soon!

 

[hookem81]

At the moment he can't even keep a sip of water down (it's been 8hrs and counting ...) but thanks for the tip, I'll see if I can find some.

If dehydration is becoming a concern, I would suggest that you wait an entire two hours before giving him anything. Then, give him a teaspoon of water every ten minutes for the next 6-8 hours before working your way up to any solid food. With my DD8, we had to follow these procedures to ever get her off of a vomiting cycle when she was younger. It worked wonders - in some cases, we waited a full 24 hours before she got any food - just get some water through using the teaspoon method. It would be unlikely he would throw that up and he would get somewhat effectively hydrated using that method. I sure hope you can get back out to the parks soon!

 

[Mom2Joce]

Are you at the Grand California by chance?

 

[Cookiedude]

Are you at the Grand California by chance?

Nope, Residence Inn Maingate (great place, btw). Although I wish I was, I need some Disney magic right about now dammit!

Why do you ask? Have you come across another bunch of puking aussies there

I was just about to type yay he hasn't thrown up in over an hour when wouldn't ya know it ...

 

[Cookiedude]

If dehydration is becoming a concern, I would suggest that you wait an entire two hours before giving him anything. Then, give him a teaspoon of water every ten minutes for the next 6-8 hours before working your way up to any solid food. With my DD8, we had to follow these procedures to ever get her off of a vomiting cycle when she was younger. It worked wonders - in some cases, we waited a full 24 hours before she got any food - just get some water through using the teaspoon method. It would be unlikely he would throw that up and he would get somewhat effectively hydrated using that method. I sure hope you can get back out to the parks soon!

Thanks, I've been trying this. Unfortunately it's all still coming back up almost straight away I don't think he's too dehydrated yet, but is very thirsty. It's so hard just giving him a teaspoon when he wants the whole glass!

 

[farmfresh]

here's hoping you are over it by now, but if not, what you might find helpful, rather than just water is something with electrolytes. Powerade or lucozade will do if you can't get to a drug store for actaul electrolytes (which taste bad anyway), but no sodas. Keep with the small quantities, but they will help with rebalancing- - sometimes its the lack of these that keeps the cycle going.

Once he is keeping that down, you can give larger quantities, rather than switch straight back to food. He'll feel more energertic faster.

if thirst is a problem, suck ice.

good luck!

 

[Cookiedude]

here's hoping you are over it by now, but if not, what you might find helpful, rather than just water is something with electrolytes. Powerade or lucozade will do if you can't get to a drug store for actaul electrolytes (which taste bad anyway), but no sodas. Keep with the small quantities, but they will help with rebalancing- - sometimes its the lack of these that keeps the cycle going.

Once he is keeping that down, you can give larger quantities, rather than switch straight back to food. He'll feel more energertic faster.

if thirst is a problem, suck ice.

good luck!

Oh, I'd been trying flat Sprite. I got some Powerade but was trying the sprite first because the powerade is red and the hotel sheets and towels are oh-so-white Maybe I'd better switch to the Powerade and see if that helps. Or is it just in a red bottle but clear perhaps (she goes downstairs to check) ... nope it's red in a clear bottle

 

[disney-super-mom]

I feel so terrible for you and your little ones going through that! I hope they feel better soon.

We went through that 2 years ago when we stayed at the Best Western Park Place Inn, except for with our little ones, it was coming out of both ends! YUCK!

It was pretty bad, and as soon as we'd get clean linens, there was projectile vomiting all over it again. It was nasty and disgusting to the extreme. We felt terrible for housekeeping. This all happened the night before we were to check out and fly home. When we checked out of the room, we left a huge pile of horribly nasty bed linens and towels and the floor, so I grabbed whatever cash I had in my pocket (which was about $30), and left it for housekeeping with a note of apology. I didn't know what else to do.

There's more horribleness to the story having to do with a cancelled flight in Seattle.....being stranded there for 12 hours.....running out of diapers for our then two year old because he had pure liquid poo coming out of him every 15 minutes, which soaked right through to his pants.....ran out of extra clothes too.....no diapers in the entire airport that was his size.....no toddler sized clothes of anykind in any of the stores at the airport to buy. It was an experience to say the least, but we laugh about it now.

Anyway, I hope everything gets better for you.

 

[Cookiedude]

I feel so terrible for you and your little ones going through that! I hope they feel better soon.

We went through that 2 years ago when we stayed at the Best Western Park Place Inn, except for with our little ones, it was coming out of both ends! YUCK!

It was pretty bad, and as soon as we'd get clean linens, there was projectile vomiting all over it again. It was nasty and disgusting to the extreme. We felt terrible for housekeeping. This all happened the night before we were to check out and fly home. When we checked out of the room, we left a huge pile of horribly nasty bed linens and towels and the floor, so I grabbed whatever cash I had in my pocket (which was about $30), and left it for housekeeping with a note of apology. I didn't know what else to do.

There's more horribleness to the story having to do with a cancelled flight in Seattle.....being stranded there for 12 hours.....running out of diapers for our then two year old because he had pure liquid poo coming out of him every 15 minutes, which soaked right through to his pants.....ran out of extra clothes too.....no diapers in the entire airport that was his size.....no toddler sized clothes of anykind in any of the stores at the airport to buy. It was an experience to say the least, but we laugh about it now.

Anyway, I hope everything gets better for you.

OH. MY. GOD. That is just awful! However did you make it through that??? And I thought it was bad the time I boarded a 16 hr flight back to Australia with my 1 yr old and suddenly realised I had used my last diaper

You guys are making me feel soooo much better. Seriously. It's kinda a weird experience after the months of planning to suddenly find yourself sitting in a hotel room in another country taking care of your sick little one instead of doing Day 3 of the Oh So Carefully Planned Day at DLR So you guys have been like my Disney family in a true sense and I thank you all very much just for listening

You're so right about the sense of humour. I turned to DH this morning and said "remember last night we said maybe we should've built in a rest day ..." Don't ya just love the universe.