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Panic over poo

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Mumtobe202310 · 24/07/2024 13:11

Dear All,

Hope you and your LOs are all well.

Today while making breakfast for LO, he was watching kiss Rachel next to me while chewing his teether and he was pooing same time.

When u mare breakfast and left it to cool I went to change him. Howeverrrr, I realised that before I put him on the bed that the poo is clumped up and sticking to the inner thigh area and hanging off the nappy then my husband pointed out that look it's even on the floor and you must've stepped on it and I noticed a lump of it was on the floor in kitchen where his high chair is and even a bit in his high chair where he was sitting!!!

This is the first time this has happened so I am freaked out not about mess etc cos you can clean that up.

My worry is this, my LO reallyyyyy likes to chew the high chair belt... despite his matchstick monkey teether, or any other toys, or even while wtcjing miss Rachel he will chew teether for a bit and then seek out the belt and put it in his mouth. The belt had poo too on it so here I am panicking cos I think he was chewing that while the poo was stuck on it. I don't know how much he would have had too. Will this make him sick?

And also, although I cleaned underneath my slippers, there were skid marks on floor etc which I wiped but I'm scared that the miniscule remnants of his poo isn't good and will make him ill cos sometimes things go on the floor and you pick it up and I'm scared of the poo remnants spreading. Will that not make him ill? cos he is at the stage of putting things in his mouth.

And finally, I used antibacterial wipes to clean the poo off his high chair which came off surprisingly but I think it's the material of high chair which helped and I used the wipes on the belt too like proper scrubbed it but I can see a little digged inside the belt. Is this enough or a suitable way to clean it or is it better to get a sponge and fairy liquid and scrub them and dry it?

I know I am going to come across as very unreasonable and strange but in all honesty I'm a first time mum and top it off with PND I am just not in the rational headspace so pleaseee be kind.

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
RappersNeedChapstick · 28/07/2024 08:33

If you can see poo, is it definitely ooo in the grooves and not just some bits of food that have built up?

Anyway, it should be sunny today, if you're worried it won't hurt to scrub the strap and leave everything outside to dry. Baby would probably like the novelty of being fed outside anyway Wink

Hope you're getting some support with your PND Flowers

Dafi24 · 28/07/2024 08:40

Is it possible to remove the straps and pop them in the washing machine?

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 28/07/2024 08:43

Take the whole high chair outside, spray with Dettol anti bac spray, leave for 5 mins to do its work, then poss rinse the whole thing with boiling water?
Try not to worry too much it'll be fine

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