Day of disaster no.2

Today was a bad day….a really bad day. This time was definitely in the “disaster” category, I’ve got to say. What could be worse than projectile poo going all over your clothes, you may ask?

Well, let me give you a rundown of the factors which made it worse:

• Things started badly. Baby A did a wee. Nothing wrong with that and fortunately he had a nappy on. Unfortunately the nappy leaked. Also unfortunately, my brother in law was holding him at the time – it soaked right through his t-shirt.
• In the evening he did a poo. A really big poo. Unfortunately it was at someone else’s house (always more stressful and embarrassing when not at home).
• His poo was green. Not friendly lime green, but mashed spinach, avocado and bogey green.
• His poo was too watery so harder to manage.
• There was so much volume that his nappy couldn’t cope.
• The poo went everywhere. His vest, his legs, his arms, his back….everywhere.
• His poo went on my hand. That’s right, it made PHYSICAL CONTACT with my skin….I need to go wash my hands again.
• Cleaning him up was a real mission and we ended up using, like, two dozen baby wipes. At least last time it was fairly solid and therefore easier to clean – this stuff just seemed to spread.
• Just to top it off, he threw up again in the early hours of the morning. It actually went over Mummy A’s face…

If you have already read “Day of Disaster“, you might get a sense of deja vu. A pee, messy poo and vomit…one after the other. I hope this isn’t a pattern he’s developing.

I’m told this is quite common, so I’m sure I will get used to it, but we’ve never seen it so messy and it made us panic. A friend told me her boy did a similar poo whilst on a flight. She had no clothes readily available and had to wrap him in a towel for the rest of the trip. At least this wasn’t as bad as that.

Anyway, I’m off to wash my hands again.