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Children are gross

Thoughtfully penned on May 16th, 2007 and generally concerning E, Motherhood

I’ve come to the realization that children are gross. When you have children in your home gross things happen that you would never have believed possible. From food stains (on me and her), to cleaning vomit, to changing diapers, you never know what a day might hold.

Over the past few days I’ve cleaned semi-dried, sticky banana; crunchy, dried out chicken sticks; and various other identified and unidentified foods from Little’s highchair. Bath time has to be part of the nightly routine because there is always banana, apple, peach, or some other sticky substance in her hair. I always seem to be finding cheerios in the living room floor, and sweeping under her highchair three times a day wouldn’t be enough to keep the floor free of crumbs and dropped food. And on top of it all, she ate her first handful of dirt Monday when we were in the neighbor’s yard.

She better be glad she’s just so darn cute!

Noise from the peanut gallery

  1. Someone once said to me, “Your home must be so clean since you are there all day to clean it.” HA! Obviously, she had never been at home with a child. That just means the child has all day to mess it up!

  2. Ha! Ha! I remember one time I found a piece of food under the china cabinet- dried and I couldn’t remember the last time we had that meal! Ha! Sometimes I take Chandler’s shoes off and a handful of leaves, dirt,etc… comes out! Ha! Too gross! :) I loves my bubbie though!

  3. Oh, the high chair is the most disgusting place in the house!! In our old house, we had to eat in the dining room- which was carpeted! It was impossible to keep clean!!

  4. And she is so-o-o-o- darned cute!!! Messes are just part of being a Mother. Just wait, these are small compared to the ones she can make in a few months. It won’t be her last mouthful of dirt either. Remember last summer at the beach when Hannah kept eating the sand?!? Fun things to look forward to!!!

  5. enjoy the grossness. they grow up too fast. hello from Venezuela.