Oh poo!

In the few short months that Gideon has graced us with his presence, we've have our fair share of messes. Through it all, I've grown pretty immune to most of the nasties associated with babies. Today rocked my boat a little.

There we were, sitting in the office chair for just a minute so that I could quickly check something on the computer. Gideon was pretty tired and about ready to take a nap, so I had him sitting on my lap while I typed. I didn't hear what came next. I felt it. The warmth of fresh diaper droppings. But this was extra warm...and wet. I suddenly yanked Gideon up and looked down, and to my horror, found a pool of baby poo in the crease where my legs met. Yes, a POOL!

I quickly grabbed the burp rags I had (thankfully we use flat cloth diapers as burp rags!) and mopped it up. Rushing into Gideon's room, I avoided the pool that had settled on the plastic mat underneath the chair. Gideon cleaned up quickly and I got him to bed.

The feeling of fresh baby poo running down my legs is something I've experienced one too many times (this was the first time, if you're wondering). It took two soaks and washes to get it all out of my pants.

The ravages of baby poo warfare had also seeped into the upholstery of my office chair. In my hurry to clean up Gideon and myself, I hadn't even noticed!

I think it's all cleaned up now. I'm very thankful that there was a plastic mat covering the carpet. I'm also very thankful that I've had a stuffy nose all week.

There's always a bright side, right?