Uhoh

[ailbhe]

I allowed myself to be talked into or overruled into accepting a lift in a car from the hotel to the church, so Linnea was terribly carsick. On the trip from the church to the venue, also by car, she had nothing left to be sick with. We stayed for the meal and the speeches and had to leave before the dancing. Linnea slept through a lot of it anyway, and started begging to leave as soon as she woke up.

We refused - with difficulty - another lift in a car and walked and got a bus partway. Emer cheered up quite quickly but Linnea is still feeling fragile even now. She's able to eat but refused a walk in the hotel gardens.

As well as missing most of the party, we had to cancel our trip to the city centre today to meet up with friends who live in Edinburgh and are in Dublin for the weekend. I feel so bad about this. It was all my fault. If I had been stronger and refused the lift - which I knew was very likely to make Linnea sick - we'd have been able to stay for the dancing at my baby sister's wedding, to a man I greatly admire and like. We'd have been able to go out this morning and meet people for breakfast, and go into town to meet people for lunch. As it is, Rob has taken Emer out for a walk, and Linnea and I are in the hotel room snuggling quietly. I've read her some books and she's watched some telly.

Also, I spent a long time last night scrubbing vomit off clothes in the sink in our bathroom. I have a feeling the white cardigan is ruined; I'm not certain. I did the best I could with washing up liquid and a nailbrush and then handed it off - still wet - to the hotel laundry. I don't know much about stain removal but I know it's easier if it doesn't get washed and dried into place. I really liked that cardigan; Emer has a matching one still in excellent condition.

However, the wedding itself was beautiful, and Linnea was well-behaved, though both queasy and hungry, which is always a bad combination. Emer was tired and Rob had to take her out of the church because it was too exciting to fall asleep and she was too cranky to stay quiet. I said the shortest prayer in the world and cher papa utterly, utterly blanked me and my family, as though we were some sort of visual teflon. That suits me fine.

So the wedding was lovely and we're recovering from my stupid, stupid, cowardly error. I really need to learn not to do what I'm told so much. It is my job to protect my children, even when I'm knackered.

Comments

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

Mine both get badly car sick & puke in every long journey, but luckily are fine when we're out of the car again.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Adventures in living. :(
*hugs you and Linnea*

[richtermom.livejournal.com]

I used to get carsick on "long rides" - being more than 30-45 minutes, so every time we visited the grandparents, we'd haul out the tin coffee can and extra paper towels. Even now, I can't read in a vehicle.

Combine that with how we almost always refuse to allow the kid in a car driven by anyone that we haven't "approved" in advance, which means since whenever I have her, I need to decline all ride offers, period. It's awkward, but since the four grandparents are in the top 10 for worst drivers in North America, it's probably for the better.

I'm just surprised Rob didn't speak up -- I'm usually impressed by how helpful and supportive he is.

I hope Linnea feels much better soon. Carsick is so icky, but from what I remember, fresh air and walking really helps the most.

[pauamma]

Ugh. :-(

[kyte.livejournal.com]

Bah!

But I do not permit you to beat yourself up about it :o)

[gloriap.livejournal.com]

IME it is really unusual for anyone's carsickness to continue after exiting the car. Poor Linnea. I hope she feels better, and poor Ailbhe to miss so much of the wedding.

[inge-jones.livejournal.com]

Vomiting loses potassium. A fizzy potassium supplement might pick her up on these occasions.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Poor Linnea, my brother used to do that on aeroplanes and for about an hour afterwards and it was miserable. We found out how to make a taxi driver stop on the hard shoulder though.

[the0lady.livejournal.com]

Don't beat yourself up about it - we all get bullied by our families into accepting "favours" that are anything but. That's jus the price we pay for them caring for us, I guess.

On the subject of motion sickness, I get it horribly badly in all types of vehicles eccept for trains; and it can knock me out for six for a day or so afterwards, too. Walking, fresh air, chewing gum, elastic bands, singing in the car etc. are all very nice; but I've always found that there's nothing like good old drugs to keep it at bay. There are even losenges out there that are enough like candy that Linnea won't feel she's being medicated.

[hfnuala.livejournal.com]

Oh what a shame. Still, at least I'm no longer worried that you turned up, discovered Cafe Fresh closed and didn't see my note :)

I've never found a successful way to explain to car owners that a lift is often more inconvenient than doing things the way we're used to.