Here's a little secret stay at home
moms do not want you to know: our days are indeed full of bon bons
and soaps!
This afternoon, shortly after putting
Shelby down for her nap, I responded to her calls of, “Mommy, I'm
stuck!” to find her indeed stuck between the easy chair and her
dresser. When I entered her room, I quickly realized my afternoon
was taking a turn for the worse when I stepped in poop. It's never a
good sign when you step in poop in a toddler's room. A quick glance
around the room told me all I needed to know: to the right of my
foot was the diaper, and all over the carpet were little brown
footprints. As I rescued Shelby she proudly exclaimed, “Mommy, I
took off my diaper and put on a pull-up.” Yes, you did, Shelby.
Yes, you did.
And now for the first round of soaps.
The poor girl had poop on both hands and one foot. I quickly put
Shelby in the tub and soaped her off.
Soaps round two: after hosing Shelby
down, I went down into the basement to get the big carpet shampooer
from our days as dog owners. Glad Dave convinced me to hang on to
that thing. Of course, this is when Matilda woke up, so I tucked her
into the Ergo and got to shampooing carpets...all while Matilda
nursed in the Ergo. I was supermom. Meanwhile, I had told Shelby to
just hang out by her naked self in the bathroom (which is connected
to her room so I could see/hear her all the while).
While I cleaned floors and nursed,
Shelby shouted updates of her going-ons: “Mommy, I am peeing on
the potty! Mommy, I am wiping myself!” Good things, right? Well,
when I finally finished the carpets (after only 33 minutes of
soaping), I went into the bathroom and discovered about half a roll
of toilet paper in the toilet and Shelby proudly holding one more
sheet in her hand and saying, “Mommy, this sheet is for you when
you go potty.”
After unclogging that toilet, I decided
to sit down and rock fussy little Matilda. Meanwhile, Shelby was
running back and forth across our house. And then I hear the telling
“Oh no!” coming from the bathroom. “Mommy, I pee-peed on the
floor!” More soaps... after all this, I was definitely ready for
some bon bons! All I could dig up were some Hershey Kisses, but
close enough, right?
Bon bons and soaps. There you have it.