Think about cows
Brandon brings home some pretty amusing stories from school. A while back, he told us about how one of his students was pre-sneeze - you know that I've-got-to-sneeze-but-I-can't moment. Another student told her, "Think about cows!" Either from sheer confusion or from actually thinking about cows, the girl's urge to sneeze went away.
We got a good laugh out of that one.
Switch gears a moment. Trey has reflux, and has had it since he was an infant. Along with that comes a very sensitive gag reflex. Sometimes the poor thing gags when we're changing even his #1 diapers. And more often than not, the gagging would lead to vomiting. Trey throws up more than the average kid.
One day not long after we heard Brandon's story, Trey started gagging, and on a whim, I said "Think about cows!" Trey stopped gagging and laughed. And there was no vomit to clean up.
Oh yeah. You can bet that phrase started popping up a lot in our house. It works to stop a gag/vomit session probably 90% of the time.
Switch gears again. When the morning sickness first hit with this pregnancy, I was throwing up about every hour. And poor Trey - when I was home by myself with him, it's not like I could lock myself in the bathroom and leave him to wander the house alone. So he would come with me.
First time he watched me throw up, he said, "Mommy throw up! Think about cows!"
In case you're wondering, thinking about cows is NOT an effective treatment for morning sickness.
We got a good laugh out of that one.
Switch gears a moment. Trey has reflux, and has had it since he was an infant. Along with that comes a very sensitive gag reflex. Sometimes the poor thing gags when we're changing even his #1 diapers. And more often than not, the gagging would lead to vomiting. Trey throws up more than the average kid.
One day not long after we heard Brandon's story, Trey started gagging, and on a whim, I said "Think about cows!" Trey stopped gagging and laughed. And there was no vomit to clean up.
Oh yeah. You can bet that phrase started popping up a lot in our house. It works to stop a gag/vomit session probably 90% of the time.
Switch gears again. When the morning sickness first hit with this pregnancy, I was throwing up about every hour. And poor Trey - when I was home by myself with him, it's not like I could lock myself in the bathroom and leave him to wander the house alone. So he would come with me.
First time he watched me throw up, he said, "Mommy throw up! Think about cows!"
In case you're wondering, thinking about cows is NOT an effective treatment for morning sickness.
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