Tuesday, April 9, 2013

The Crappy Day

Is it possible to have a good day that's also a crappy day? The answer is "yes!" As a mom, I deal with poop on a daily basis, but yesterday was just beyond belief! Sheridan has lots of wet diapers and very few dirty ones, which is apparently quite normal for a breastfed baby, but when she does have a dirty one it's a doozy!
After skipping a day or two (again, normal for her) she finally decided to go while sitting in her bouncy seat. No big deal - picked her up and headed to change her. I was giving the task at hand approximately half of my attention, which is about the most anyone gets these days. Pretty much on autopilot, I unzipped her pajamas reached in and... got a whole handful of warm, yellow, liquid poop. Can you say UUUGGGHHHH? (I did refrain from using profanity, which I considered to be a major victory.)
Having diapered and potty trained twins, I have changed a LOT of diapers in my life. I had never seen one leak in both the front AND the back until yesterday. It's quite hard to believe that volume of something came out of a kid that small. I really think I used the better part of an entire box of wipes cleaning her up.
Moderately grossed out, I headed to the kitchen with the defiled clothes. As I was walking through the house, I absentmindedly looked down at the front of my nightgown and saw - what else? POOP! Fantastic. So I put my clothes and her pajamas in the washer to soak, then proceeded with the rest of my day, which went something along the lines of : bathe the baby, fix breakfast, wash clothes, feed the baby, change a diaper (repeated several times) dress the big kids, call the doctor's office, clean the bathroom, cook lunch, load the dishwasher, start supper, break up a fight or two, read to my kids, feed the baby again, assist big kids in multiple trips to the bathroom, etc. (You will notice that there was no shower for myself listed there - that's because it didn't happen.)
In the midst of all this fun, Sheridan was kind enough to poop again, and her diaper leaked AGAIN, but at least I didn't get any on me. As I changed her clothes yet again, it occurred to me - this has really been a crappy day! Not so much a bad one, but definitely a crappy one...

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