I Am A Spit-up Magnet!
December 8, 2006
I’m not sure how I became a target, but somehow Xander has decided that spitting up on me is the best place to get sick. It doesn’t matter how vigilant I am with a burp cloth, Xander will save his spit-up for times when I’m not burping him, and have of course forgotten the cloth over my shoulder. In the past 3 weeks I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been on the receiving end of spit-up. One eventful night Xander got my t-shirt – but I was prepared for that, and had a spare t-shirt next to the bed. After I changed my t-shirt, I nursed Xander, and he managed to spit up on my pants. I wasn’t prepared for that, so Zach held the baby while I changed my pajama bottoms. As I took Xander back, he managed to spew spit-up into my hair (I had it pulled back, that kid just has a special knack for getting spit-up everywhere!), so at 4:30 am I found myself in the shower… Yesterday Xander managed to spit up on two sweaters (both dry clean only…), and this weekend he managed to spew what looked like 4 ounces of milk all over the both of us – before I could even get him to the burp cloth on my shoulder! Why is any of this interesting? Because Xander doesn’t spit up on anyone else – just me. Well, to be accurate, he did catch our friend Sandee with some this past weekend, but other than that isolated incident, I think I have caught all of Xander’s spit-up, and I don’t spend as much time with him these days, as Zach is at home with him during the day, and gets up with him at night. Somehow in the 6 hours during the week and the weekends Xander manages to save all of his spit-up time for me – I don’t wear perfume, Zach and I use the same shampoo, laundry detergent, etc., so I’m hoping that it isn’t something about my scent that makes my kid ill, but at this point I’m starting to worry that something about me makes my kid sick…
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I LOVE that picture! He is adoreable. Sorry about the spit up, bummer.
My daughter spit up on me a lot too. I had one day where I endded up changing my shirt 3 times before she stopped using me as her personal burp rag.
My husband was nailed once because he was laying her back quickly and repeatedly just to see her Moro reflex. I warned him and sure enough she sprayed. Needless to say, he didn’t do that again…
My daughter grew out of it by the time she was 6 months so hopefully your baby will too.
Hi Mana – I am definitely the one who gets spit up on all the time. It’s funny because Xander rarely spits up when I’ve got a cloth over my shoulder to protect me. It’s almost like Xander knows the difference between my clothes and my burp cloths, and he much prefers to leave spit up on the clothes…. I’m hoping Xander gets through this phase soon