Word of warning this is a post about . . . you guessed it – POOP! So for those who aren’t interested in that part of life with twins, don’t read this post, skip down to another or visit us another day.
Strange thing to write about? Well, not really if you think about life with just one baby there’s enough poop in your life, but imagine two (or more)! Up until a week ago we still had three in diapers and the worst one to change was definitely the three year old, but today was a crazy poop day.
Apparently we need to cease and desist from ANY feeding of watermelon to either of the babies!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need to emphasize this because when it comes out the other end it isn’t pleasant and it causes things to be a bit runnier than normal and happen more often.
Finding both of your babies up to their elbows in the stuff is definitely NOT something ANY mom looks forward to . . . or expects!!!!! But I found myself in this position earlier today and all I could do was laugh! Seriously, I too was shocked, but all I did was laugh. I find that this is a rather common reaction for me with these two?! With all of the other boys I would have been confused, overwhelmed or frustrated, but with the babies, laughter! I guess I have reached a point in my life where what else can I do?
So as I’m trying to hold down 4 hands to keep them out of mouths I have to make up a game plan as I go. This ought to be interesting, one of me two poopies of them – eek! So I actually started with the least problematic – also turns out to be the one who wasn’t poopy?! His hands were a mess, so wipes were handy, wipe them off, rush him to the bathroom and scrub down his hands and face, then a little sanitizer later, he’s good to go (into bed that is). Then grab the culprit! Mr.M it turns out is the one who did the doody! So I threw him in the tub, the only real way to get it all off – he hates showers though so I try to make it super quick. Then off to bed he went too for a quick nap.
Now, I didn’t mention that this all happens right after they have been changed into fresh diapers for the morning and that I hadn’t quite gotten around to putting their pants on yet. Double whammy. Low and behold when they wake up from their quick nap there is a stench eminating from their bedroom. YUP – this time it was SirE and another washing of hands later and another fresh diaper I RUSH to get their clothes on.
This has all taken place before noon! The afternoon may hold even more loveliness for me, so we’ll see, but for now we are poop free and I am happy about that. Now can we get the three year old to use the toilet for that today?????
The small things are where the reality lives!