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So, I've been up since around 3:30 because the nursling has wanted to eat constantly, and hasn't quite mastered nursing whilst laying down. So I eventually moved to the couch, so we wouldn't wake up Alex (Cullen is a very noisy eater, grunts and growls at my boobs the entire time).

So I'm beat. We fall asleep on the couch a bit. Alex leaves for work. I hear the tell-tale wet fart sound that signals that the child mist be changed. I wait for a few to be sure he's done, then carry him into the bedroom, where the changing supplies are at night, and figure we can crawl back into bed and sleep for an hour or so. I lay him on the several cloth diapers we have on the bed to catch a variety of bodily fluids, take of his diaper, and cover his boy parts with another cloth diaper to prevent being peed on. I reach for a wipe, hear another wet-fart, and a geyser of hot, wet, mustard-like poo is suddenly covering my leg, the bed, and my child's lower half. I sit in stunned silence for a couple seconds, make a pathetic attempt with the wipe that's in my hand, reach for another wipe, and realize I am out of wipes. I sop up poo with the cloth diaper, run to the other end of the house for more wipes, and on my way back hear another wet fart. I get back, my darling son is gleefully kicking his tiny little legs, there is a huge wet puddle of poo (and pee) under & around him and he is splashing it around a 12 inch radius of my sheets with his kicking.

We are, needless to say, back on the couch.

post #2 of 8
:LOL I'm sorry, I can't help but laugh because almost the same thing happened to us this morning! ... minus the being up since 3:30. You have my sympathy! I guess we'll both be doing some laundry today.
post #3 of 8
:LOL Sorry! You poor thing! At least he didn't get it all over the couch too in the process! Hope your day perks up!
post #4 of 8

Ah! The joys of those first few weeks...

Sore boobs and bodily fluids everywhere, yours and the baby's. You have to laugh and say, "This too shall pass" (hooray! Sob! Both-at-the-same-time responses to knowing baby will be big much sooner than we realize.)
post #5 of 8
This tends to happen when you think "ah geez, this kid hasn't blown out yet. I guess he/she won't. I'll change him/her on my new carpet, do it really really fast because I'm supermom and nothing will happen."
I had something similar on our bed a couple of days ago. This was when we were JUST getting mustard poo and not much of it yet. The comforter is still in the dryer, as it's a down comforter and will probably never ever dry. But it's been through similar if not worse so I'm sure it will be fine. Probably needed to be washed anyway
post #6 of 8
:LOL Isn't it funny how such a small person can make such a huge mess!?

I remember changing ds in the middle of the night once when he was about a month old, his diaper was off and he pooped and I swear it projectiled past me in a forceful spray all over the room. On the carpet, the curtains, me, I just stood there panicked and started yelling for dh and then burst into tears.

Funny now but not at the time. Of course, these things always seem to happen at 3 am.

I hope Cullen has a nice 3 hour nap this afternoon-and you can get some rest.
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. You have to laugh and say, "This too shall pass"
Or "this poo shall pass" hardy har har!! yes... i was awake from 4-730, then laid on the sofa all morning.
post #8 of 8
this is exactly why I've missed ya'll so much!!!!!!!!!! You're awesome, Emmy! Hang in there and try not to fall apart like I feel I have--
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