Lessons

Yesterday, while spending the better part of the afternoon scrubbing these alphabet rubber mat pieces with soap and water, I had a few life lessons drummed into my brain.

Lesson 1. Soiled diapers are meant to go straight into the diaper pail, especially poopy ones. Not on the floor to be set aside for later and especially not left within reach of a curious toddler.

Lesson 2. A quiet toddler = trouble (almost always).

Earlier in the day, Swe-cha pooped in his diaper and I changed him. I normally roll his soiled diaper up in a tight roll and set it aside near the stairs until I can get it upstairs into the diaper pail but this time, I was in a hurry and had left it inside his playpen.

I then rushed off to wash my hands and continue cooking. As I was cooking, I kept looking through that window towards the playpen to watch out for Swe-cha. On a normal day, it wouldn't be long before he would start climbing his playpen. When I didn't see him climb, I was so happy and proud of my young one, so well-behaved.

Some minutes later, I grew suspicious because he was unusually quiet. No climbing, screaming, no calling out for mommy and there are no sounds from any of his toys. I decided to check on him.

I saw a smiling baby sitting on the rubber mat, his poopy diaper opened up in front of him, the soiled wipes all over his play area and some suspicious brown stuff smeared across some areas of the mat.

::Mommy cries on the inside::

Given that I have a squeamish husband who keeps gagging and throwing up when he sees poop, I had to scrub & clean the mat. Hubby then wiped the rubber pieces one by one and propped them up all over the house and set up electric fans to get them dry.

Lesson(s) learned.