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The 19 Gruesome Stages of Changing a Baby's Explosive Diaper

June 7, 2018 by Alessia Santoro

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As a parent, you become pretty numb to things like vomit and boogers and even poop — but it's a completely different story when it's a poop explosion, or "poopsplosion," if you will. There are approximately a million other things a parent would rather do than change a poopsplosion, and we know, because we've been there. If you've also been there, you'll recognize these 19 stages of changing one of those parental nightmares all too well.

You’re innocently cleaning the playroom/making lunch/living your life when you smell it.

You peer around the corner and find your diapered tot happily sitting in a pile of its own poop.

You approach your child to get a closer look at the damage, and your greatest fear has become a reality.

You pick up your little — being sure to hold them at arm’s length — and run them to the bathroom.

You stare at your sweet baby covered in sh*t and can’t help but gag.

You make your first attempt at stripping them, but hesitate.

You undress your baby completely until all that’s left is their diaper, and, you know, the poop.

You slowly undo the diaper’s flaps and pray that you’ll make it through this experience.

As soon as the diaper is off, all of your senses are completely attacked.

You start using wipes, to no avail.

You resort to gagging once more, because this is getting to be too much.

You try to ignore the fact that you’ve most certainly gotten poop on your clothes by this point.

At this point all you can think to do is to put your kid in the sink and start to rinse.

You’ve abandoned your desire to keep yourself clean in favor of speeding up this grueling process.

You finally get your baby clean and take a look at the carnage around you.

You put your baby in fresh clothes and go back to clean up the mess.

After finding and cleaning poop in all corners of the room, you feel physically and emotionally exhausted.

You feel a little bit traumatized but are ultimately just happy it’s over.

You can resume your life.

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