Today, the nine year old girl I was babysitting got the hiccups, so I told her to drink some water upside down to cure them. She ended up vomiting on the floor. FML
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Today, I was babysitting a 9-year-old kid, when she got thirsty and asked for a drink. All I could find was some kind of Mexican fruit drink, but I didn't realize until too late that it was actually hard liquor. I had to scrub her mouth out with toothpaste and put her to bed to cover it all up. FML
Today, my five-year-old daughter told me she was going to throw up. I told her to rush to the bathroom. I followed her a few seconds later, only to find her sitting on the toilet and vomiting onto the floor. FML
Today, I was babysitting my baby cousin. I was lying on my back playing with her, while holding her up in the air. As I was doing that, I made cooing noises and funny faces to get her to laugh. She laughed and threw up in my mouth. FML
Today, after I finished giving my baby a bottle then burping her, I lifted her up and was bringing her in for kisses. As I was doing this, I felt this warm liquid hit my lips and slide into my mouth. I instantly pulled her back and she'd vomited. It took everything out of me not to vomit myself. FML
Today, after hours of trying to put a screaming baby to sleep, she finally fell asleep in my arms. I was so happy. Then, I got the hiccups. FML
Today, I came down with food poisoning of some sort. After hours of scrambling to the toilet to vomit and empty my bowels, my three-year-old daughter got fed up and is now trying to potty-train me. FML
Today, my daughter was feeling sick. She threw up on the floor. As I was cleaning up her vomit, she threw up on my head. Twice. FML
Today, I spun a two year old upside down, in circles. She wasn't remotely dizzy. I threw up on myself. FML
Today, my 9 year old shitblossom of a sister decided to wake me up by hocking a loogie into my mouth. FML
Today, my hiccups got so intense that I threw up in the middle of class. FML
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igg125 30
I have never heard of that trick. Looks like it doesn't work.
marjolein96 5
well, it's not good for a person to drink upside down. lesson learned today
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Comments (100)
ShirtlessWonder 17
One method that my 4th grade teacher taught me that has never failed is to get a cup full of water, cover the top with a paper towel, and sip the water slowly through the paper towel (as it soaks through).
LoverWordsFood 27
I feel a little weird since all I do is burp and them my hiccups are gone. I stop doing all the silly stuff when it didn't work for me.
ftloosenfanzfree 7
Drinking upside down is my go-to method as well, but it is kind of tricky and I think it would be difficult for a small child to wrap their head around what they were trying to do. My second favorite method (well, favorite honestly but not very healthy) is a spoonful of sugar. For children, I'd probably recommend that first.
NeatNit 33
#74, do you have a source on that? I heard from a hospital doctor that this is a common misconception.
Kougeru 12
YDI for giving her a not only dangerous method, but false one as well.
HarleenQuinzel19 14
When I'm with kids that have hiccups I tell them to hold their breath as long as they can. It's always worked for them.
bonermonkey 31
I feel like you should be careful telling kids to do stuff like that... :P
sturschaedel 27
74, the kid is 9 years old, I'm sure if she had trouble breathing she would've told OP. Also the larynx reflex thing stops around a year of age. You can usually trigger the baby to breathe again by blowing in their face. What most likely happened that either the kid has a really sensitive gag reflex and the water flowing along the roof of the mouth triggered it, or she choked and caughed until she threw up. Unfortunate but totally harmless.
Senasams 14
Breathe deeply from the stomach. Hiccups is just an upset diaphragm
WhatHappenedToIt 22
I used to drink a small capful of vinegar, now just smelling vinegar works for me.