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What is the WORST cleaning job that having kids measns?

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Crunchie · 31/03/2002 20:21

I have just had to do my least favourite job, cleaning the bath after the baby has pooed in it It has to tbe the worst job ever. Actually I think the worst one of all thime was having two kids in the bath and one let loose with a bout of diareoah Yuk. Grabbing both kids into towels, emptying and bleaching the bath, refilling it, adding kids, washing two manky towels, bleaching assorted bath toys and getting them in bed

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Eve · 02/04/2002 15:11

I was reading this at work whilst on a conference call and kept getting the giggles. Had to make something up as to why.

As for my worst, try cleaning diarrhoea out of a hydrobath....lots of little holes for it to run into!! I has showers for a few weeks after that.

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Crunchie · 02/04/2002 17:40

Eve, that made me laugh, one good reason NOT to have a hydrobath!!

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leese · 02/04/2002 18:24

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou charliesmummy - best laugh I've had in ages!.....

chick · 03/04/2002 09:37

dd has just had that horible pooing vomiting thing which seems to be doing the rounds...

dd was going down for her nightime feed (hubby away on a conference... typical bloody timing!) and drifting off to sleep when .... huugh!! all over me... but i thought! aha! i'm so clever i managed to very cleverly redirect the vomit to me so i missed the bed and her clothes!!!! hoorah supermum!!!

so i managed to change (one handed as dd was all upset and didn't want to be put down!!!) into a new nightshirt (after searching high and low for a clean one! - rest all in the machine!) Then she seemed wide awake and desperately hungry! - not wanting her to go back to bed without some food in her stomach...(i know silly me!)... i took her down to the kitchen to make some simple poridge...

just as i stepped into the kitchen .... bleugrrh ... all over again and this time, not only all over me but all over the kitchen floor (thank god, only on the lino!), herself and anything within a metre radius!!!... sigh! i just stood there and thought!... what do i do first?
i couldn't put her down, because she was crying so much, i couldn't move because i would be slippin' and a slidin'... in the end i stood in shock for about 30 secs grabbed some tea towels, stamped and wiped my feet on them and ran upstairs and jumped in the shower... with a very upset baby... not very pleasant

and when she eventually went down... i had some nice cleaning up in the kitchen... ahhh! the makings of a very relaxing evening!!!!

Tinker · 10/04/2002 11:34

Not quite a cleaning job but, the other morning, my daughter came into my room whilst I was still bleary eyed and barely conscious, whimpering. "I ate a bogey and it's stuck to my teeth".

This morning I've been told that the colour of my eyes doesn't match my face!

Tillysmummy · 10/04/2002 11:40

DD did a couple of such gross runny poos when she was younger that I had to take all her clothes off (seeping through vest), minding not to get it in hair (!) and shower her down !!

Adelaide · 10/04/2002 11:45

Vomit in the car seat has to be the worst. It sinks through the hole at the bottom into the car, gets caught in all sorts of nooks & crannies and the smell lasts for weeks - ug!

Other than that have thanked my lucky stars many a time for having wooden floors when it comes to cleaning up "everyday" poo, wee and vomit.

Mooma · 10/04/2002 15:13

Just back from a week in Holland, and can hardly sit on my chair for laughing at this thread!

Enid · 10/04/2002 16:30

Potty training dd...she was in the bathroom the other day while I was on the phone. Suddenly I heard a panicky little voice saying 'Mummy, oh no, quickly, poo coming!!!' and she staggered out into the bedroom holding her bottom with poo oozing out between her fingers. Then she used her hands to rest herself against the wallpaper and trod the rest between my lovely painted wooden floorboards.

I've never felt less glamorous than while I was on my hands and knees scrubbing c**p out of the gaps in the boards with an old toothbrush.

JoAnne427 · 10/04/2002 16:42

Enid, you are killing me! I get such a kick out of the images some of you all bring about here!!!

jodee · 10/04/2002 18:31

Enid, you've made my day!

bundle · 10/04/2002 18:49

Enid, that picture of you & dd will stay in my head for a long, long time!

Marina · 10/04/2002 19:37

Enid, I'm sorry, I know it's not nice to laugh at the misfortunes of others, but your post nearly killed me...

ChanelNo5 · 10/04/2002 21:43

Aren't kids a delight eh?

tigermoth · 11/04/2002 09:31

And there I was, thinking it was just me who had these mega poo, wee and sick accidents in the home... thanks everyone for bringing me down to earth again

honeybunny · 11/04/2002 13:45

Enid-hope that wasn't me on the phone!! V V SORRY!! But had to laugh (lots!!) when I read your post. I'll be waiting for my days of potty training with great anticipation!!!

fp · 11/04/2002 13:48

Enid - ROFL - I thought the big (mercifully fairly dry and hard) poo presented to me yesterday was bad but at least all I had to was were her hands!!!!!

mollipops · 12/04/2002 07:31

This whole thread is a complete crack-up...glad the ol' poo-in-the-bath and projectile vomit/poo are familiar to other households as well!

Enid's story of the poo-while-on-the-phone reminds me of a friend whose dd answered the phone while she was "otherwise occupied" and when the caller asked where her mummy was she said, "She's doing a poo!" Ah the honesty of a child!

pamina · 12/04/2002 09:06

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AnnieMo · 12/04/2002 20:45

After a week away I had spent all of yesterday washing - and managed to get most of it dry outside. I had just brought the last load in to fold and dumped it on the living room floor when my 1yr old crawled over and threw up all over it! Back to square one - only with the added work of having to remove the orange stains!

Tinker · 12/04/2002 22:19

Sorry AnnieMo, but that gave me a much needed laugh

Marina · 13/04/2002 11:48

Me too, sorry AnnieMo! A sparrow took a dump on my washing drying outside last week but as the bed protector copped the worst, to dh's consternation, I just wiped the debris off with a tissue. I reasoned that absorbing crap was what this item of linen was for, after all. Dh was not impressed.

LKM · 18/04/2002 11:05

5am this morning dd (14 days) was being changed on the bed (with changing mat). Just lifting her bottom to wipe when she projectile pooed out a metre across the bed, over my arm and across the carpet in our rented flat! dh heard my gasp and luckily leapt from bed to assist and we both had a good giggle (I swear dd joined in!).
But now its morning - how do I get the yellow stains out of the carpet (pale brown)? I can see our rental deposit rapidly disappearing...

Purp · 18/04/2002 12:43

I haven't got any poo stories yet but THANK YOU so much everyone for telling us yours. I'm just off to get a tissue to wipe away the tears of laughter.

mollipops · 19/04/2002 06:59

LKM, I swear by a mixture of warm water (about a pint or half a litre), with 2 tblspns vinegar and 2 tblspns of Softly or similar liquid laundry soap. Blot it with this on a cloth, only rub very lightly if necessary. Then "flood" it with clear water and blot until dry with a towel or cloth nappy. If any stain remains, blot with methylated spirit and leave to dry.

Good luck - hope it works!

PS Do it sooner rather than later!