Please come and laugh at my incompetence, and feel free to make me feel better by adding your own!
Was looking after Dear Friend's toddler girl yesterday. She is nearly three, same as DS, but unlike DS, is in the process of potty training. With the help of pink Princess Pull-Ups.
DS does a poo. I change his nappy. Cue more smell of poo. DS's bummy is not the offender. Oh no... DF's DD has done a poo... in her Pull-Ups!!! Gah!!!!!
Having a traumatic memory of DS doing a poo in his swimming nappy, I am momentarily paralyzed. Plus - apologies to all mums of DDs - I really cringe at changing little girls' pooey nappies. Poo gets in every nook and cranny!!! Wiping it off a tiny willy is just so much easier (perhaps that's why the universe saw fit to give me a DS, because I am a nappy wimp :o).
So I grit my teeth, stand her up on the change table, and gingerly start pulling down the Pull-Up. Of course there is poo everywhere. And it's not the lovely solid kind. Oh no. I try to wipe up as much of it as possible, but of course it goes everywhere - her legs, my hands, the change table... a truly gag-inducing experience.
I eventually managed to get her completely clean again (probably used most of a package of wipes), wash my hands up to the elbow, sanitize the change table... the entire process taking, by my estimation, about 20 minutes. GAH!!!!
Fast-forward through the rest of a fun afternoon, DF comes to pick up her DD, asks if everything was all right, and when I say "yes", looks at me and says "...but?" I say, grimacing: "changing a poo when they're in Pull-Ups is a bit of a faff, isn't it?"
She says
:o
"they undo on the sides, didn't you know?"
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Confessions of a Pull-Ups Novice, and other nappy horrors
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JackSawMamaKissingSantaClaus · 21/12/2010 20:53
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shinyshoesandglitterypoos ·
21/12/2010 20:55
The trick is to rip the sides and then wipe with the back of the pull up as they come off - then attempt decontamination.
Much more fun is when the toddler takes off their own pooey pull up and then come and tell you five minutes later
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