…honestly, I think I like cleaning up dog poop better than the elmusified food, caked and wedged into the tight and impossible to reach crevices of said highchair. Dog vomit even…at least that is usually out in the open – on our nicest carpet, in fact.
Sorry if I grossed you out.
It’s just one of those mornings. I already spilled an entired large container of vanilla yogurt on the kitchen floor and didn’t catch the dog OR the baby in time before they both were a creamy, sticky mess. But at least they smelled like a glade air freshener.
Speaking of nastiness. Sam and I were playing the ‘name sticky things’ game while he helped me clean up the yogurt debacle. So, imagine how my appetite nose-dived when he shouted to me from the the guest bathroom,
“Mom! I know something else that’s sticky! The toilet!”
Um, yay for me as a Holly Homemaker.
Not.
Anyway.
So, that’s a tame picture of Abby eating, by that way. She’s usually MUCH messier. For months, she refused all finger foods, opting to stick with her little stage 2 jars of purees. And then some sort of ravenous teenage boy emodied my 9 month old around the first of January. She skipped all stage 3 foods and went right to whatever we’re eating – nevermind she does not have a single tooth in her mouth. This child can eat.
So back to my initial point…I can clean up vomit of any kind: my own, my children’s, the dog’s…diapers don’t scare me…I scoff at laundry, toilet and tub stains…but I do not love detailing a highchair three times a day.
I love Abby.
NOT her highchair.
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Got another grosser than gross?
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January 25, 2011 at 9:59 am
Kristina
Ugh, I HATE high chair clean up, it’s the worst!! Other clean up I hate? Playground rocks coming out of my son’s shoes. They end up EVERYWHERE, in the carpet, in the baby’s mouth, in OUR shoes. I guess that’s not really gross, just annoying.
January 25, 2011 at 10:54 am
Brenda
Yes. I am sorry to admit this, but one of my 1.5 year olds poops little pellets. He has since he was first eating solids. Solid poop, so you would think that it wouldn’t be that difficult to clean up. HOWEVER, those little pellets somehow fly out of his diaper and roll on the floor. Where his brother can pick them up…… Plus, if we are not careful they can hide under certain parts of his anatomy. Like he is storing nuts for the winter. Only to pop out when it’s bath time. Believe me, it only took once or twice before we do a thorough pellet check before letting either of the kids roam free!
January 25, 2011 at 1:04 pm
Krystal
How about when your toddler, who is perfectly capable of pooping in the potty and does so regularly, poops in the bathtub? Not gross enough? How about when it doesn’t stay solid but instead forms floaties in the bathwater? How about that?
January 25, 2011 at 2:43 pm
ncblondie
A “tootbrush?” LOL! Funny typo.
Have you thought about placing the high chair into the shower and hosing it down? OR if the padding comes off, you can swoosh it around in a tub of water and hang to dry. Once at the end of the day should be good enough to clean all the nooks and crannies after 3 meals plus snacks!
January 25, 2011 at 5:50 pm
Tasha
Wrap the highchair tray in seran wrap and throw it away after she eats! Grossness – my kid coughs directly into my mouth – on purpose, at 7 months old.
January 25, 2011 at 9:22 pm
a
I deal with the grosser than gross at work most days…so I have my poor daughter all trained to be neat…as far as liquidy things go. However, she can create a crumb spray faster than a vacuum on reverse, so it all evens out, I guess.
January 25, 2011 at 10:05 pm
Kristin
They really, really need to make a high chair without crevices in it. I hated cleaning the high chair.
January 26, 2011 at 9:54 pm
Claire
I don’t have my own yet, but my worst nightmare is us all having the stomach flu from both ends and me having to clean up.
By the way, Abby is adorable under all that food!
January 27, 2011 at 3:39 pm
kimbosue
That cute baby face is so NOT GROSS mama!
I hate the high chair cleaning too…and we don’t even have a standard one. Blech.
February 8, 2011 at 6:09 pm
celia
Ugh. One morning last month Peter was up, we were sitting around the tree with hot chocolate. I was reflecting on how nice it was and how lovely my family was and yadda yadda and I hear ” NO PETER NO!” and see my husband jump up and race for our son. Who is playing ever so sweetly on our carpet WITH CAT BARF. We have a patterned rug and the barf blends right in. Nice. Sometimes we hear the cat throw up and look for it and it’s like a Magic Eye picture, we know it’s there but can’t find it. Currently I am girding my loins to clean the pasty green my son threw up all over the floor. Apparently.. not a fan of green beans.
February 8, 2011 at 6:10 pm
celia
And I passionately hate cleaning the high chair. I am a germaphobe to begin with and I can never get that damn chair clean.
February 14, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Jennifer
Saw this pic with my 5yo son on my lap. He noticed it from the corner of his eye as he watched cartoons, turned and asked, “What’s that baby doing?” I told him “Making a mess!” and he said, “Yeah, but that’s a pretty cute baby!”