Today started with a TERRIBLE Poo Disaster.. someone tell me this still happens to them...

[CreepyJess]

..Not that I would wish it any of you... but I need a feeling of solidarity here... (and slightly more solid poo would have been good too!)

Riding high on a wave of euphoria after DS's noodle bar success, I woke up this morning to that terrible, strong, all encompassing, overwhelming smell of Poo That Has Escaped From Nappy And Travelled..

Oh God I don't have the stamina or the stomach for this anymore.. I had been lulled into a false sense of security by well fitting nappies and 'high rise' sleeping garments! But woe was us.. (I had to wake DH up to help).. the nappy was wadded up in the foot of his sleep suit.. and as for the poo.. it was everywhere from his nether regions to his feet! I dumped him in the bath and scrubbed him with Baby Softwash.. it took me ages to get between his toes clean!.. even tho this gives him eczema. We have to use Dermol for him really.. but it is unperfumed.. and sweet Jesus, did we need perfume!!

Then the other kids awoke with much exaggerated gagging.. and genuine heaving from DS1 who I had to recruit to go get carrier bags...

I then burnt several joss sticks... probably not good for the lungs of DS1 with has CF, so close to the bedrooms.. but it was necessary...

One positive at least he (DS2) hadn't quite managed to gain access to it.. he had got his zip undone and was having and good go but I got to him in the nick of time.. or else more terrible occurances, too terrible to type about but involving an DS having an extremely unsuitable breakfast!.. would have occured...

Please Mummies and daddies of the special children variety, tell me you empathise with this regrettable start to my day!

CJ x

have a look at this

Fledglings (a charity), but don't have link at the moment.....

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Thanks Will try these tomorrow.

AAAHH , a poo story, as my ds with Down's is now 12 my friends dont delight in the sharing of these story's.So someone to listen and empathise with me.
Recently my ds was very ill and on return from hospital was given medication that the dr's said might make him go alot. We waited and waited and boy when the wait was over did we all know about it . I woke like creepyjess to the most awful smell, my teenage daughter then began screaming , OMG, mum it,s everywhere. My son had removed his pj bottoms and his very full nappy, and had gone walkabouts, trailing the much awaited poo with him. It kept coming and coming and as he isnt used to it being so loose he just kept walking. THREE VERY SMELLY HOURS later , i finally finished cleaning all of upstairs, he was the easy part a good shower down was all that was necessary, but my carpets, new ones needed...

wow i never wanted to tell anyone about my dd's experience with poo but it's such a similiar story. we opened our bedroom door one morning and the first thing we could smell was poo. we quickly went in to find she was covered head to toe in it, the walls, the toys, her cotbed, she even had a big lump of poo in her mouth that dp had to fish out and she was dribbling poo everywhere. we had to put her in the shower before doing anything else with her. the worst thing was dp sister had stayed over that night and seen the whole thing. we now make sure she has a vest on every night cause i know if she could get to her nappy she would and she would deffo try eating it again.

DS1 (now 21) used to put the poo between the pages of his books.....
DS2 (now 18) used to cover himself from head to foot and once hid a poo in his Dads pant's to blame him!
DS4 (sn) did a diarrohea poo and covered it with toys and books. I went into bedroom and slipped on the book and went base over apex, couldn't stop laughing though, as I thought I had seen it all.

BTW, DS1 after a party couldn't decide which end to place in proximity to the toilet and we ended up ripping up cloakroom carpet at 3am, a week before Xmas. We only have to say 'donkey sanctuary' to him now....

So, no matter how old, it don't get any better!!

new to here. a little confused as to why the original poster had to apologise for 'excluding' parents of nt kids as i thought this was a discussion specifically for 'special needs' children. am i wrong?

as for the whole pooing thing...my son is 6 and has autism. i think i have seen it all (or hope i have!) poo standing to attention in the middle of the living room/poo covered toys/poo smeared all over my shoe boxes/poo crammed into the crevices of just about anything & everything. brightside...atleast he has not got creative with it for several years now though (fingers & toes crossed).