We were puking in that thing im ngl I got sick so much as a kid it was inevitable T-T we washed it of course and stopped doing that when we were like preteens but yeah can you expect small children to know when theyre going to vomit and reliably convey that???
i see so much puke bowl discourse and i think i have a rarely brought up but very commonly experienced white people take on this to mention. the 'popcorn bowl that was also a puke bowl' was not actually puked in. it was a psychological crutch for a sick kid in the night.