What do you first?

Last night dd and I walked the whole 30 feet across the yard to go visit my parents. My sister was there with her 1mo old and my friend was there with her three boys. As soon as we walked in the house I smelled something, but I thought it was one of thie other kids. Mom said something about the smell, and we thought it was the baby. Nope, he was good. She asked me if dd had pooped today (99% of the time she just goes once a day) and I said yes. Then we just kept smelling it and my dad said something about it. I picked up dd (who is 2) and OMG.... she had pooped all the way up her back, it was too the base of her neck!! I had one of those panic moments where I had NO clue what to do lol. I picked her up and took her to the bathroom where she proceeded to clap and announce "I poop!" like she was proud of this horrific mess lol. She was wearing a little hoodie, so I had to pull it over her head, spreading it even more. I trieed to keep the mess cleaned up as we went, but it ended up in her hair, on the floor, on me... Ugh. It was just awful! How do you minimize the mess at times like this? Where do you even start?

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Asked by Anonymous at 7:24 AM on Feb. 13, 2012 in General Parenting

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I hope you dealt with it OK. And I hope she doesn't have a bug or something. Her pride in pooping will help her when it's toilet training time!! You deserved a nice relaxing glass of wine after that!

Answer by whitepeppers at 7:34 AM on Feb. 13, 2012
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LOL this happened to my 2 yr old granddaughter last summer. Her dad is a sahd and they also have a little boy who is now 5. We were all outside playing and my granddaughter really doesnt like to swim so she was playing in the sprinklers and with the dogs and came up to her dad who was also outside with the same thing as your dd. He totally flipped out and didnt know what to do. I got out of the pool calmly, picked her up, took her to the bath and cleaned her up. I changed her clothes, and put her back outside. I guess after 5 kids dealing with these accidents seems like a day in the life sometimes. My poor son in law though was like you and all omg omg why why.

Answer by gemgem at 7:42 AM on Feb. 13, 2012
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LOL. I remember those days. You just strip the kid down and hose her down in the shower. We have a dual shower head, one on the wall and one on a hose. After you shower her down you have to scrub down the shower and throw all the clothes in a bucket and rinse before throwing in the laundry.

Answer by robinkane at 8:09 AM on Feb. 13, 2012
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This happened to us many times. threw them in the bath immediately. Clothes right in the wash.

Answer by mompam at 9:08 AM on Feb. 13, 2012
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Yeah, I thought "tub" since you were in the bathroom already. And being just 30 feet of yard away from home & clean clothes is like a super bonus!
But I can see why it had you at a loss. It was totally unexpected & extreme, and messy!

First, "This moment is as it is." Really feeling the truth (and okayness) of that principle is key to so many things! And it IS the truth, since you can't change it (even if it "shouldn't" be happening--she already pooped! she only poops once a day! this just never happens!!!--it IS happening & getting together with that reality means you're not spending energy "not accepting" it, which is the cause of all suffering.)
Second, noticing & responding to what is happening. The hoodie situation meant you had to pull it over her head so the mess was in her hair...unavoidable. So get her stripped & then in the tub. Can't avoid the spread of it, so just respond to it after it's happened.
Then clean up.

Answer by girlwithC at 9:27 AM on Feb. 13, 2012
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Haha that happened to my dh his morning with our five week old. It was up her front and back and he had to take the onesie off and it went all over her head.. Luckily this is our fourth kid so he just gave her a bath and changed her up.

Answer by Mrs_Harsh at 9:35 AM on Feb. 13, 2012
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This happened to me with my first ds... at a wedding!!!! ugh!!! Went all the the stairs to the church!!!! Thank God that was 25 years ago and just a dim memory now... Still makes me shudder!!!!

Answer by Nimue930 at 5:52 PM on Feb. 13, 2012
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