Dex is a spitter. Most babies spit up at one time or another, it's perfectly normal because the valve to keep the milk down isn't mature enough keep it a one-way street. I have no idea when it will end, just that it will. I've adjusted to recognize the sound since he's on my shoulder while I'm burping him and I can't see his face. I arch my back to make sure the little river will land on the floor and not me. Thankfully we have hardwood floors because I'd cry if we had carpet! Squee knows the sound to and comes running to cleans up the mess. At first, I thought it was the most vile, disgusting thing that Squee licks it up, but now I call him if he's not already on top of it. Maybe it's lazy and gross, but dogs will eat anything. If he likes it and I don't have to put Dexter down to clean it up - why not?
Some days are worse than others. We have 8 burp cloths and somethimes he'll go through them all in one day. I usually have to change my shirt once a day and neither me or Mr. Cobra ever pick him up within an hour of eating without a burp cloth on our shoulder. He's spit up all over our new furniture and my Aeron office chair has to be sponged down regularly. It hardly phases us anymore. We live with it; we have to, but sometimes it's plain ol' horrifying.
Take this morning, for instance, Mr. Cobra was holding Dex cradle-style in the bathroom. He didn't have a shirt on as he was getting ready to take a shower and the spitting cobra struck with a vengeance. Mr. Cobra hasn't ever experienced the true wrath of the spitting cobra until then. Dexter projectile spewed all over his dad, himself, his fresh clothes for the day, and the floor. It wasn't the fresh milk spit up either, it was the curdled vomit kind which is particularly nasty. Mr. Cobra was totally disgusted like he'd never been before. It was kinda funny. I shouldn't have laughed but I did. Well I got it too not more than 3 hours later. Never laugh at the spitting cobra!
