Sick Day {12 Days of Sensory Play}

Day 11 – Sick Day 🙁

Well, it happens.  A puking toddler is not what you want to wake up to in the morning.  And not while 8 months pregnant which makes you slightly queasy yourself, not to mention all around a little slower on the kid-bucket-tile-floor grab.

Homemade Electrolyte Drink

1/2 C freshly squeezed orange juice

1/4 C freshly squeezed lemon juice

2 C mint tea

2 TBS raw honey

1/8 tsp Himalayan Pink salt (or just salt)

Mix in a blender.  Or, as I do because I’m lazy, dissolve the salt and honey in the hot tea, then stir in everything else.  When they won’t drink water, this yummy “special” drink is a great way to get fluids back in!  As well as replenishing the salts and sugars our body needs along with vitamin C, and mint tea for calming the stomach.

3 Tricks for Sick Toddlers

• Bucket – an ice-cream pail works well.  Otherwise any large bucket, bowl or container.  Keep one in every room and be ready to grab it FAST!
• Bib – If they’re young enough for this to be appropriate, remember to dress them with a bib!  I cannot stress enough how this helps save changes of clothes, and when the bucket is too far away, flip it up and it works as a catch-all.  (MUCH better than using your hands!  Ewwww!!!)
• Towel – Make a “bed” for them on the floor with a towel.  Saves the carpet, and in the case that the bucket is not at hand, at least get them over the towel!  This gives your little one a defined space where they can be, close to their bucket and electrolyte drink!

You can do it, Momma!  Nothing else needs to get done today.  Just sit on a towel, hold a bucket and survive.  You WILL survive.