We Joined the Pickle Club
I need only type one little word and dozens of people will know exactly where this story is going. Everybody has been there at some point in time, some of you even recently.
The word: bath.
Know where we're going yet?
Just in case, allow me to set the scene.
I was in Alexis' room this afternoon doing a little cleaning of the new and improved saltwater aquarium (which, I'm proud to say, is about 90% mother trucking worm free--100% is an unattainable goal, so I can live with 90%). Daddy was giving Alexis a bath. He has been charged with bath time for many, many months now and it is a task he enjoys. Except, he's not very good at remembering to stay in the room with the Toddler that is immersed in water. It has a little something to do with the fact that she can play in the bath for hours and a lot something to do with his utter and complete lack of an attention span.
So, he wandered into Alexis' room to supervise my work. He was generally being a pest when I heard them.
The Noises.
You know . . . The Warning Sounds.
Mr. Husband has one of those Man Filters in between his ears and his brain, so I knew he didn't hear and/or recognize the sounds.
So, I said, "Aren't you supposed to be making sure Alexis doesn't drown herself?"
He muttered and made excuses and blah, blah, blahed. In the midst of his procrastinating I heard the confirmation.
"I pooped."
Mr. Husband didn't hear it.
He walked into the bathroom and tried to be slick, "Come here."
I responded, "I'm doing something."
"You need to see what your daughter is holding in her hand," he said.
"No, I really don't," I replied.
And that is how our streak of 2 years, 1 month, 29 days, 23 hours, and 17 minutes of poop-free baths came to an end.
(The photo is from three weeks ago. I wasn't about to go look at the scene in the bathroom, let alone photograph it!)
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Reader Comments (66)
I have those memories.... hehehe.. but fortunately... they are now FAINT memories.... for my children are now older and THANK GOODNESS... potty trained!!
I finally got you on my blog roll too! Totally stalking you now! ;-)
Oh I wish we had made it that long! I experienced it once early on...then my hubby had the joy a couple of months ago (never occurred to him to pick her up and hold her over the toilet).
Glad you didn't have to deal with the aftermath!
Um. Two days. He was eight days old. Second bath on record. First the pee . . . then the poo. We laughed.
We laugh no more . . .
Welcome to the club! I joined when Sophie was right around that age too!
Visions of bill murray and baby ruths are running through my head btw!
WOW, you made it a loooong stretch! ;)
ROFL! I can honestly say that my boys never ever did that. I don't know how I got so lucky because I hear stories like yours quite frequently.
Did Mr. H actually clean it up? That would be even more fun to read about! LOL!
Ewww, I'm praying that doesn't happen here again.
Hope your husband cleaned it up!!
Congratulations! You must be so proud. Another moment for the scrapbook...
now THAT is friggin' hysterical!!!!!
We have a post when Gavin did it when he was around like a year or 18 months or something. Truly gross, but at least his was a bit more, um, able to go down the drain.
countin' down to the day that Cooper does it. Should be interesting if he does it while him and Gavin are both in the tub together!!!
OMG that is SO FUNNY!I am glad you keep sending us to these older blogs.I haven't been blogging long so I just love going back and reading peoples older blogs.That and I just love to LMAO.
Oh, I hate that. I hate poopy baths. especially because our stupid bathtub doesn't have a detachable shower head and it's a bitch to clean up.
I am assuming Mr. Husband got the honor to clean up this time :-)
Great work.
Well written article.
Love the picture! My daughter, when she was an infant, always pooped in the tub! Even if she just pooped. I think we're done with her cycle.
Now, I'm sure kiddo #2 will do the same!
And, yes, hubbys are deaf unless you are talking about food, beer or tv!
Oh the poop in the tub is THE worst!! I hope you made him clean it up!
Thanks for linking up today. : )