You guys know I'm a "relaxed" Mom, but

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I am LIVID over what happened today.

We were at the galleria play area, which is the nicest one around here, imo. Lots of nannies and Neiman Marcus bags. lol.

Anyway, Dd was playing with this other baby for a bit, and the other baby's parents were all encouraging it. When Dd started patting/slapping his head I ran over and stopped her and they were all "Ohhh, she's fine. They're just playing!" etc.

And then, the baby's Mom stops and says "I guess I should tell you though, that he threw up about an hour and a half ago."

WTF? Who takes a kid who JUST puked to an indoor playground? Who lets said kid play with a fellow infant? Who lets the infant TOUCH their kid that just puked?

I just said "Oh" and took DD away. Then the lady was all "I probably should have told you that before she touched him. I don't think he has the stomach flu. He hasn't thrown up since."

I just sat there and thought for a minute, wiped DD's hands, and then got up and left. I hope she was embarrassed.

I mean, if you're going to be an ass and take a pukey kid to play with other kids, why admit it? It's possible he'd just a barfer or something, but if thats the case, don't alarm others unecessarily.

I'm not a germaphobe, but seriously.

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Oooh, this would piss me off immensely. Then I would spend the next 16 days overanylizing every single move/grimace/sound that DD made, whilst disinfecting every surface in our house and planning how to rearrange my work schedule to accomodate for an entire puking family in the coming days.

The pukes are one of my worst fears. Can you tell?

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Aug 23, 2012 15:35:49 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

In a perfect world, you would have thought up on the spot "Oh, that's ok. Dd's hepatitis is for sure not catching, either".
I always think of my snappy comeback an hour late.

I KNOW. I wish I could have a thirty second delay before the moment of bitchy opportunity is passed. Heh.

We've faced the pukes with kids enough times around here that it doesn't terrify me. Derailing my life for a week or two is frustrating and stressful though, so DON'T TAKE YOUR BARFY KID OUT TO PLAY!