Chris-Daddy's Accident CleanUp Trick

WARNING: LOTS OF POTTY TALK HERE!

Abel has been making steady strides this week toward being pooped-trained. Hooray, hooray! He is now willing to poop on the potty SOMETIMES.

But I made the mistake of giving him grapes today. And so in addition to his "regular" movement, which was -- thanks to a quick intervention by yours truly -- only half in his pants and then half on the potty, he did a couple of extra poops. In his pants.

Over the past 14+ months of potty training, Abel has developed a classification system for his poops. There are rock poops, which are nuggets. I like these best, as they are easy to clean up. Then there is beach poop, which is like very thick mud. Not too bad. And then there is soup poop, for which -- as Abel says -- you might need a spoon. Gross.

Well today's extras were all soup poops.

Which brings me to the point of all this exposition.

Chris, my husband, rarely has the honor of cleaning up Abel's accidents. Abel prefers that "Mommy do it." But sometimes Mommy is not home. And thus, after a previous incident involving grapes or some other dietary or viral culprit, Chris devised the following method. It only works if your toilet, like ours, is right next to your shower -- and if your shower has a removable head, on a hose.

1. Remove the underpants and drape them on the side of the toilet bowl.
2. Clean your child's bottom.
3. Flush the soiled toilet paper if possible.
4. Turn the water on in your tub.
5. Hold the shower nozzle in one hand, over the toilet.
6. Turn the shower on.
7. Hold the underpants in one hand and the nozzle in the other.
8. Spray the underpants until clean-ish.

I love this method because I don't want to rinse poopy underpants in my bathtub or sink, nor do I want to toss them directly into the washing machine. Nor do I want to throw them away (although I've done that a few times!) This way, I'm rinsing the poop off into the proper receptacle.

Who knew the toilet could be so versatile?

Thanks, dear!