Oh the joys of being a single mum - Have just had to hand pick poo out of a blocked loo

[IllegallyBrunette]

Oh dear!!

I'm not a single mum but I get that job too.

Nasty isnt it

I'd just eaten aswell so it wasn't the nicest of jobs no.

Didn't have the heart to tell ds off for using too much paper, as he was absolutly scared to death. He came running down the stairs, screaming like someone was after him.

aww poor thing. It is scary when it starts to fill up, you think it will never stop.

I've always got a supply of one shot for just those occasions!

Not a single mum either but I get that particular job as well... Coat hanger unwound and jabbed up and down a few times does the trick - and you don't have to handle any poo.

Disposing of the coat hanger afterwards is somewhat unpleasant however.

I did use a coat hanger, but there was one piece that was particularly stubborn and had to be fished out.

When I put ds to bed he said 'do you still love me even though you had to put your hand in the toilet because of me' LOL.

Obviously, I said yes.

Oh lawks. Was it wedged in sideways? You need to break their backs as an ex once said.

Bless the little sweetie, though. It always shocks me how such small, sweet bums can produce such gargantuan turds.

LOL, I would have had to do this even when I was with exH, at least it wasn't an H's turd now that would have been too much.

I thought my two were bad but never had that yet.

The last time our toilet was blocked dp bought one of those aeresol thingies that pressure it out. Only he didn't realise it wasn't just loo paper down there, oh no ds1 had flushed a nappy Thus the subsequent explosion meant shit was everywhere from cealing to floor. I heard dp shout 'oh shit!' quite corrrectly as it happened as he emerged from the bathroom covered in the stuff. I pmsl, made him clean up and buy new toothbrushes.

My 5 year old shits like a stegosaurus

Ah... we have a special rubber glove for this job- entitled (and labelled) the "Glove of Power"
It gets miltoned and stored in a sealed freezer bag beneath the sink between missions.

colditz How exactly does a stegosaurus shit? (sounds like the beginning of a tongue twister )

And yes, I am frequently astonished at the amounts of poo that come out of my quite dainty 2 year old dd.... though she does eat more than I do frequently