In the eight years since that diaper disaster, I’ve dealt with so many other gross parenting moments — things like catching vomit in my hands (yes, actual vomit), a full week of the stomach flu that I still don’t feel I have the strength to talk about, and a small child sneezing forcefully into my open mouth. People aren’t lying when they say parenting isn’t for the faint of heart, and I’ve got the horror stories to prove it. More from CafeMom: I Don’t Enjoy Every Moment With My Kids — but I Get Why People Say It The bottom line is that parenting can be so completely gross, even after a mom has left the tiny babies and messy diapers phase behind, and it’s all just a part of the job. Since misery loves company, I asked friends and fellow moms to share their most disgusting parenting moments, and boy, did they deliver. The best thing about these stories is knowing they happened to someone else. Fair warning: Some of these stories are WAY high on the gross-out meter. “And then they look and absolutely nothing is wrong, because it retracts on its own. It was so bad.” — Carrie N., Saint Paul, Minnesota More from CafeMom: 11 Potty Training ‘Horror’ Stories “It was about 11 p.m., but we pulled over on the highway to clean it up the best we could, but bright red vomit was in every nook and cranny. It looked like blood — so freaky! We drove to the nearest Walmart, bought a new car seat, and left the old one in the parking lot.” — Molly O., Saint Paul, Minnesota More from CafeMom: ‘The Worst Thing I Ever Accidentally Did to My Kid’: Parents Confess Their Biggest Fails “We were at the grocery store and she was sitting in the back of the grocery cart. I was getting some stuff when I heard someone say, ‘OH MY GOD.’ Turns out my daughter had pooped and it had gone down her leg, and was on both the cart and the floor of the store. It was so gross. She was crying and I didn’t even know what to do first. I just wanted to run.” — Corey D., Tucson, Arizona “I did find it but I never want to talk about the process again. So gross.” — Emily L., Las Vegas, Nevada “We also have a cat.” — Anonymous mom “The other night, after the usual struggle to not get her to drink from the tub, I was putting her in her pajamas and she said, “I peed!’ And I said, ‘In your pajamas?’ And she said, ‘No, in the tub!’ The next day, I realized the towel I used to dry her reeked of pee! “All I could think about were the little sips of water she kept taking while she had that ‘Dare you to tell me to stop, mommy’ look on her face.” — Anonymous mom
title: “17 Times Kids Were Grosser Than Gross” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-27” author: “Harriet Weatherspoon”
In the eight years since that diaper disaster, I’ve dealt with so many other gross parenting moments — things like catching vomit in my hands (yes, actual vomit), a full week of the stomach flu that I still don’t feel I have the strength to talk about, and a small child sneezing forcefully into my open mouth. People aren’t lying when they say parenting isn’t for the faint of heart, and I’ve got the horror stories to prove it. More from CafeMom: I Don’t Enjoy Every Moment With My Kids — but I Get Why People Say It The bottom line is that parenting can be so completely gross, even after a mom has left the tiny babies and messy diapers phase behind, and it’s all just a part of the job. Since misery loves company, I asked friends and fellow moms to share their most disgusting parenting moments, and boy, did they deliver. The best thing about these stories is knowing they happened to someone else. Fair warning: Some of these stories are WAY high on the gross-out meter. “And then they look and absolutely nothing is wrong, because it retracts on its own. It was so bad.” — Carrie N., Saint Paul, Minnesota More from CafeMom: 11 Potty Training ‘Horror’ Stories “It was about 11 p.m., but we pulled over on the highway to clean it up the best we could, but bright red vomit was in every nook and cranny. It looked like blood — so freaky! We drove to the nearest Walmart, bought a new car seat, and left the old one in the parking lot.” — Molly O., Saint Paul, Minnesota More from CafeMom: ‘The Worst Thing I Ever Accidentally Did to My Kid’: Parents Confess Their Biggest Fails “We were at the grocery store and she was sitting in the back of the grocery cart. I was getting some stuff when I heard someone say, ‘OH MY GOD.’ Turns out my daughter had pooped and it had gone down her leg, and was on both the cart and the floor of the store. It was so gross. She was crying and I didn’t even know what to do first. I just wanted to run.” — Corey D., Tucson, Arizona “I did find it but I never want to talk about the process again. So gross.” — Emily L., Las Vegas, Nevada “We also have a cat.” — Anonymous mom “The other night, after the usual struggle to not get her to drink from the tub, I was putting her in her pajamas and she said, “I peed!’ And I said, ‘In your pajamas?’ And she said, ‘No, in the tub!’ The next day, I realized the towel I used to dry her reeked of pee! “All I could think about were the little sips of water she kept taking while she had that ‘Dare you to tell me to stop, mommy’ look on her face.” — Anonymous mom
title: “17 Times Kids Were Grosser Than Gross” ShowToc: true date: “2024-08-29” author: “Robert Johnson”
In the eight years since that diaper disaster, I’ve dealt with so many other gross parenting moments — things like catching vomit in my hands (yes, actual vomit), a full week of the stomach flu that I still don’t feel I have the strength to talk about, and a small child sneezing forcefully into my open mouth. People aren’t lying when they say parenting isn’t for the faint of heart, and I’ve got the horror stories to prove it. More from CafeMom: I Don’t Enjoy Every Moment With My Kids — but I Get Why People Say It The bottom line is that parenting can be so completely gross, even after a mom has left the tiny babies and messy diapers phase behind, and it’s all just a part of the job. Since misery loves company, I asked friends and fellow moms to share their most disgusting parenting moments, and boy, did they deliver. The best thing about these stories is knowing they happened to someone else. Fair warning: Some of these stories are WAY high on the gross-out meter. “And then they look and absolutely nothing is wrong, because it retracts on its own. It was so bad.” — Carrie N., Saint Paul, Minnesota More from CafeMom: 11 Potty Training ‘Horror’ Stories “It was about 11 p.m., but we pulled over on the highway to clean it up the best we could, but bright red vomit was in every nook and cranny. It looked like blood — so freaky! We drove to the nearest Walmart, bought a new car seat, and left the old one in the parking lot.” — Molly O., Saint Paul, Minnesota More from CafeMom: ‘The Worst Thing I Ever Accidentally Did to My Kid’: Parents Confess Their Biggest Fails “We were at the grocery store and she was sitting in the back of the grocery cart. I was getting some stuff when I heard someone say, ‘OH MY GOD.’ Turns out my daughter had pooped and it had gone down her leg, and was on both the cart and the floor of the store. It was so gross. She was crying and I didn’t even know what to do first. I just wanted to run.” — Corey D., Tucson, Arizona “I did find it but I never want to talk about the process again. So gross.” — Emily L., Las Vegas, Nevada “We also have a cat.” — Anonymous mom “The other night, after the usual struggle to not get her to drink from the tub, I was putting her in her pajamas and she said, “I peed!’ And I said, ‘In your pajamas?’ And she said, ‘No, in the tub!’ The next day, I realized the towel I used to dry her reeked of pee! “All I could think about were the little sips of water she kept taking while she had that ‘Dare you to tell me to stop, mommy’ look on her face.” — Anonymous mom
