While shopping at Oshkosh B'Gosh I experienced the most epic "Mommy Fail" I have lived through yet. A month later as I write this post I think my brother is still traumatized from "the incident".
So Mason is in the middle of potty-training & let me tell you, a 2 year old potty training is no joke. When your little one says to you that they have to go potty or make poopies trust me that it is right then, right there & right now. There is no time to search for a bathroom.
As I am digging through the table of pants & shirts trying to find a 3T I hear Mason say "Mama I have to make poopies". I didn't see a bathroom sign in the store & I knew we had no time to go & try to find one so I told him to just go ahead & go & Mama would change his pull-up when he was done.
It took me 10 seconds to remember that my child had undies on, not a pull-up & as soon as I realized this I look over & see my child looking horrified, standing in a puddle of pee & undies full of poop. Oh & guess what? I forgot his backpack of extra pull-ups, wipes & a change of clothes at my sisters house. Classic Mommy Fail.
Those of you reading this who have no children are probably visualizing this scenario in your head wondering to yourself what you would have done. Well, this was a "first" for this Mama so thank goodness my sister (the professional Mommy with 4 kids) was with me to help. Her fast thinking & my calm demeanor is what got us through the incident like a couple of professionals. A puddle of pee on the floor, poopies in the undies & nothing to clean it up with? WE GOT THIS!!
My sister ran up to the checkout counter to get paper towels & a shopping bag while I grabbed a pack of undies, a pair of pants off the table & a 6-pack of socks so I could change my child. Luckily we were in the very back of the store so I stripped Mase down, cleaned him & the floor up as best as I could with the paper towels, ripped off tags from the new clothing items & proceeded to put them on my child - all the meanwhile my little brother is watching horrified yet hysterically laughing that my child is standing in the store naked while I am cleaning poop off his butt. Then my parents come around the corner, saw us & tried to help.
It was a "shit-show"....literally.
There was another Mom shopping who came around the corner & saw us & ever so calmly said "oh no - been there done that" & went about her way continuing to shop around us like it was no big deal.
Once we were all cleaned up I put everything in the shopping bag, lathered up the hand sanitizer, went to pay for all my items & disposed of the sack outside in one of the large trash cans as we continued on with our shopping. See - told you it was no big deal :)
So despite this little hiccup in our day, Mase ended up getting a few unexpected items as well as some new winter clothes at the Oshkosh store. I also found lots of bargains at the Children's Place outlet to take back home & Mama even bought a few things for herself.
Once we got home everyone ate lunch & then we spent the rest of the afternoon lounging around the house. Mase & his buddy Jensen spent time playing outside, down in the basement where the toy room is, putting together puzzles & enjoying time with family...
...and this little cutie Dana!
Late afternoon my sisters in-laws came over to the house to visit with us all & my mom made her awesome Italian Roast Beef sandwiches for supper which were enjoyed by all.
We had a fairly quiet evening once everyone left & spent time hanging out, watching TV & talking about the events occurring the next day.....the Down Syndrome Walk!
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