We were travelling across the country to see my parents for Easter, halfway there we stopped off to stretch our legs and to grab a coffee at the services.

My wife was looking after our 3 month old while I went and got the refreshments with my 2 year old.

I stupidly asked my son what he wanted and he chose one of those sweet crushed ice, vanilla, strawberry frappachino things. I thought what the hell and got it for him.

Of course my wife wasn’t impressed with this and commented on how it would probably make him sick! I though to myself that the half packet of wine gums I’d fed him to keep him quiet while we waited to pay were more likely to do that job.

Anyway we set back off on the road and got about 5 miles from my parent’s house and my 2 year old started to get irritable and grizzly.  We thought he was just tired…….however, my wife was right (as always)… he was feeling ill, but with no way to communicate this to us he just upped and vomited all over the back of the car.

I dove into the verge and pulled him out the car while he was still throwing up, obviously covering me in the process. I wouldn’t have guessed he had so much in him, it just kept coming and coming.

Once he had finished, my wife stripped and changed him into a new set of clothes, while I cleared up the car. Now. I am useless with vomit - even the smell makes me want to throw, let alone having to wipe it up, and it was everywhere…all over the back of my seat, pooling in his car seat and down in between the back of the seat cushion. So, in between my own convulsions, I managed to clean it up as best as possible and we packed up the car and proceeded to my parents while trying to keep my lunch down.

It took several months and full valet of the car to get rid of the smell, and the moral of all this is always listen to your Mrs, she is usually right !!!

David from Luton