Mummascribbles – The words I did not want to hear!! – Mummascribbles

I was awoken at 1.30am this morning to a whimpering toddler. He sounded like he wasn’t going to go into one and I thought he might fall asleep without requiring me. Thankfully, he continued whimpering!

I went into his room bleary eyed and was welcomed by the following sentence that no parent wants to hear at that time of the night:

Mummy, I’ve got poo on my hand

Oh god.

What followed this was the other half and I wiping the poo off his hand, trying to change the nappy of a hideously unhappy and tired child and then having to take him downstairs to properly wash his hands (we have a downstairs bathroom).

What then followed this was a toddler who did not want to get back into his bed! On every attempt, he went rigid and screamed! So I ended up sitting on the floor with him curled up on me trying to fall asleep. When I realised that even if he did fall asleep, the chances of me being able to get up off the floor and get him into bed without waking him and having to start all over again were slim, I asked him if he’d like to just go and have a cuddle in bed. Of course he said yes! So we went into our room, got into bed and rather than cuddle up to me, he rolled himself onto the other half’s pillow and fell asleep! I woke up this morning with him sprawled across three quarters of my pillow!

I do hope this was a one off. He rarely ever does a poo at night! He rarely ever has done! And I do hope he doesn’t keep putting his hand down his blimmin nappy!

On the plus side – it gave me another toddler parenting subject to write about!!

Tags: Parenting, Toddler, poo