Double Trouble

Double Trouble
Having a fun ride in the laundry basket.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Oh what a day.

Yesterday started with a bang, well actually it started with a little boy who took off his diaper. That's right, we have another nudist on our hands. Thankfully it was only a pee diaper and not too bad to clean up. So I headed downstairs with Luke only to find that Jack had gotten into the fridge and wanted some bug juice (milk kefir). Well, little boy forgot to close the door. So into time out he went. Things were going good at this point, we had oatmeal and the boys played for a bit. Then it was snacktime. Jack and I left Luke to finish up his snack. A little bit later, I smelled poop and figured Luke pooped in his diaper. I got a phone call from Zach saying he was bringing one of the guys from work over for lunch. I told him it had been a busy morning and that the house wasn't too clean. So they were coming in 5 minutes, so I went to get Luke ready for his naptime. That's when I saw it...little boy had taken off his diaper and pooped all over his booster seat!!!!! EWWWWWWWWWW. Luckily my sink was clear and I threw him in there, gave him a quick sink bath. The dog thought she's help clean up and started eating poop. I still gag thinking of it! So Lilo got put outside, I have a fresh and clean baby and Jack was being a big boy helper. Zach and I went to put the boys down, only to find that Jack had locked their bedroom doors and nobody was inside. So once we got those unlocked the boys went down for their nap. I enjoyed some time with Zach and Jordan, then a short alone time. Jack doesn't want to take a nap now, so I could hear him running around upstairs.

Once he came downstairs, Jack wanted to go outside and play in the pool, but it was overcast and a storm was moving in. So I told him no. He went outside anyway and let Lilo out. There was something really interesting on the other side of the fence and Lilo shimmied her way underneath. So Jack got in trouble for going outside and I went outside to run down the dog. Not my idea of fun. We're buying chicken wire to keep her from getting out. She did this a couple of days ago and when she got back into a fence, it was just our neighbors!

When Zach got home, Luke woke up from his nap. Zach came down carrying a little boy in a towel, yep you guessed it, the diaper came off again! This time there was poop everywhere! So we went up to clean up the mess. Jack ran into his room and locked his door. He was told to never lock a door again, so he got in trouble and Zach and I each took a kid door and turned the handle around. Now the locks are on the outside and we can lock them in there (insert evil laugh). While we were doing our handy work, the boys were helping out. Luke lost a screw, Jack wanted to use the screwdriver. So as Zach and I were looking for this screw, Luke thought it would be a great idea to get a drink of water. So little man goes into the bathroom with a cup (a megablock which is a lego on steroids) and gets some water...FROM THE TOILET! Yuck, yuck, yuck! I didn't know if I should wash his mouth out with soap, or what. So downstairs we went to watch the finale of American Idol. The night then turned into a game of boys who want to annoy their parents. Which is a fun game for them, not so fun for the parents. Lets just say by bedtime, I was not in a good mood and wanted to hit the sack myself. Yesterday was just a "terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day"!

I was hoping for a better start to my day today, but no. It started with Luke's 3rd bath in 2 days. That's right, diaper was off again. We found the duct tape and have warned Luke that we've done this before with his brother and are much smarter than he thinks we are :) With Jack people said to put on a onesie, well he'd reach up from the bottom, take off the diaper and have the onesie still intact. People recommeded putting the diaper on backwards, well that lasted all of 2 minutes. It was also recommeded to put pants on him, um my kid was no dummy and took off his pants within seconds. So out came the duct tape. At first we just put a small strip across the tabs, but after a few weeks little man figured it out. So we started doing a full rotation around the diaper. Thankfully that worked for a couple of months. Then I think he just outgrew it and was ready to start potty training. I know Luke it young, but he sure does like sitting on the potty. He even farted the other day! Good start for a 15 month old. He wants to be just like his big brother! Hopefully it will go just as easy as Jack did.

So if anyone needs any advice on dealing with poop when it's up to your elbows, just ask. Been there, done that and am now on my second lap!