Horse Pills — UPDATED!

Kara and Marina are both home sick today.

Last night Kara came in complaining of a tummy ache and I told her to go take some tums. She must have been really feeling like hell because she made it to the couch and just decided to get a better reaction if she moaned and cried loudly.

I sat on the couch with her and asked her if she took the Tums and she said no. I went in and got her two and put one in her mouth. Her eyes got all big and I told her “just chew them up.”
She went through the whole ‘gagging’ process and begging for water.

After she had managed to gag through two Tums and drank a bunch of water to get the chalk out of her mouth, I asked her, “Kara, you act like you’ve never had a Tums before.”

She then tells me, “Well, I didn’t normally chew them up.”

The horror of all the times she had taken a Tums for a tummy ache came to mind, “You what? you just swallowed them?”

With a pained look on her face she said, “Yeah, it hurt a little, but it wasn’t so bad.”

I went and told Shaun and showed him the size of the big ass Tums. “Shaun, I am thee worst parent EVER! I never told her to chew them up!!”

“Normally I would disagree about you being the worst parent…” and then he looked at the Tums and giggled. “Yeah, gotta agree with you on that one.”

Sorry Kara. Mommy sucks.

****UPDATED*****

I called Shaun to have him pick up some of the chewable Rolaids. When he brought it home I took it to Kara and unwrapped it.
“This is the kind you chew, but it’s not like the other kind. It’s not all chalky and hard.”
“It smells funny, smell it.” She shoves it back at me.
“It smells like Bubble Gum! Just chew on it.”
She puts it in her mouth and is a bit leary and doing the whole ‘gaggy’ face.

Satisfied I had redeemed myself I went into the kitchen and about 5 minutes later I hear Kara yell out, “Am I sposta swallow this?”

I just about died.  Shaun yelled, “Yes, Kara! It’s like a Starburst. You just chew on it and swallow it.”

I threw my hands up, “YES! Like a Starburst, not like gum. I should have said that!”

Shaun just laughed at me.

Whatever, She’s the bright child that swallowed a huge Tums and then the next day wouldn’t swallow the chewable kind I gave her.   SHUT UP MOTHER.  I swear I can hear my mother saying something about an apple not falling far from the tree.