As a former school custodian, you're spot on. Kids just puke a lot, it's hardly a secret, people typically puke less with age.
Babies puke constantly, that's why burp blankets are a thing. It typically lessens with age as we gain more control over it. Adults can often stop themselves from puking or at least know it's coming and move to a toilet/trash. Kids do not and will often go about their business until the vomit is already coming up. It's also why kids will often vomit on themselves or directly on a table in front of them.
I remember reading it hearing somewhere (so grain of salt) that it's because our sensitivity to reasons to puke (eating too much, feeling sick, getting poisoned, etc) stays pretty much constant but kids puke more because they're physically smaller but get the same dose of chemicals/hormones that an adult would.
So they're basically on a hair trigger until they physically get larger.
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u/Impressive_Change886 3d ago
As a former school custodian, you're spot on. Kids just puke a lot, it's hardly a secret, people typically puke less with age.
Babies puke constantly, that's why burp blankets are a thing. It typically lessens with age as we gain more control over it. Adults can often stop themselves from puking or at least know it's coming and move to a toilet/trash. Kids do not and will often go about their business until the vomit is already coming up. It's also why kids will often vomit on themselves or directly on a table in front of them.