Gagging

As a two year old, Isabella had the most sensitive gag reflex of any one I have ever met. She would gag over anything and everything. I would be sitting next to her and eating something that she thought looked gross and she would start gagging, even if it was something she had never tried before! She would gag if she got too much food in her mouth, or if she was tired of what she was eating. She would gag over any little smell as well.

After we potty trained Bell, we always had her call for us to come and wipe her, especially if she had pooped. One day, about two months after she was officially potty trained, she decided to be independent and get off her princess fairy potty seat by herself. I found her walking into the kitchen with poop all down her leg and on her hand. I immediately rushed her back into the bathroom and made her stand by the toilet while I cleaned her up. She had made quite the mess. Not only was it on her hand and legs, but she had somehow slid off the seat so the whole toilet was covered as well as the step stool and some of the wall. It wasn’t exactly a scentless poop either. It had been a really long, tiring, frustrating day, but still, I was managing to be fairly patient with Bell. As we were cleaning her all off she yelled, “Mom it stinks!” and proceeded to gag several times in a row. I knew what was coming next and before I could stop her, she gagged so hard that she threw up all over the floor. I now had poop and throw up covering the entire bathroom. I ended up just throwing her in the bath and using almost an entire container of Clorox wipes for the bathroom.

One night Bellie and Cody were in the bathtub together. I was washing Bellie’s hair while Cody was playing nicely in the water with his bath toys. All of the sudden he laid down in the water and folded his whole body in half so the only thing that was facing us was his little bum. I couldn’t figure out why he was doing that and I told him to sit up. A couple of seconds later Bell started to gag like crazy. Then I smelled it too. We figured out pretty quick what he was doing in that position, and both of us girls were not very happy about it. Cody had been known to have some pretty rank toots, but this one topped them all. We both started yelling at him and Bellie couldn’t stop gagging. I decided I better get her mind off of it quick or she would throw up again, so I changed the subject as fast as I could. Luckily it worked, and we avoided another vomiting incident.