Gross Things All Parents Do
1. Cleaned up poop with the first thing you find, no matter what

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2. Caught vomit in their hands

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3. Sucked snot out of a kid's nose

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4. Cleaning up that floating log

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5. You take advantage of dirty clothes and get EVEN dirtier before changing

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6. Picked your babies cradle cap

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7. Not fussed about being peed on

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8. Eaten kids food

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9. Inspected poop very carefully

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10. Taste tested a lot of nasty things

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11. Drinking backwash

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12. Had a good sniff of anything and everything

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13. Scraped snot out of noses with their fingers

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14. Cleaning your babies face with spit

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15. Stuck a finger up a baby's bum when they're constipated

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16. Sniffed a lot of bottoms

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17. Don't forget your ears!

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18. Knowing your kids individual farts

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19. Fished a bloody band aid out of the water

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20. Sucked on a dummy to clean it

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21. Sat down in pee

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22. Burying the evidence...

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23. "Just turn the cushions over..."

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24. Drank some breast milk

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25. Eating anything your child has sneezed on

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26. Washing dirty nappies by accident

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27. "Do you need to poo?" is on repeat

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28. Retrieving items from the toilet

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29. Poo on your pants doesn't even bother you anymore

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30. Expiration dates mean nothing anymore

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31. Had your kid spit their food into your hand
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All parents know that if their kid doesn't like something, they're not going to eat it - and at home, this is bad enough, but when you're out in public there's really no other option other than them spitting it out! The trouble is you won't always have something for them to spit it into when you're out and about, so the only alternative is having them spit it into your hand!Advertisement
32. Eaten your kid's leftovers
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We're not talking the sort-of-acceptable leftovers after a night out's takeout, either... we're talking that horrible, unappetizing kiddie food that you definitely didn't want even when it was warm, but now it's completely cold and has been mushed around your kid's plate for a while until it's now just a pile of big grey mush that you have to eat just to finish it off.Advertisement
33. Used your hand as a tissue for your kid's nose
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Let's be honest, must of us as adults have done this in a pinch when we're desperate and have a runny nose with no tissue in sight! But with a child, it's going to happen a lot more often when you least expect it - and a lot more wet and snottily at that! You really don't have any other option but to wipe their running nose on your own hand when you don't have anything else!Advertisement
34. Used your teeth to cut up your kid's food
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In a perfect world, you'd always have a knife and fork on hand - but we're not judging if busy parents haven't done the washing up, or if your kid just suddenly wants their food chopped up on-the-go when it's something you wouldn't even usually cut up! So the only solution is biting their food into tiny pieces with your own teeth then taking it back out of your mouth for them.Advertisement
35. Smelled a diaper *after* you know there's poop
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Usually parents smell diapers to check whether their baby has pooped, but another gross habit can be to stick your nose there and take a big whiff after you know for definite they've already made a mess in there. This is usually just to check how bad the situation is, how smelly it is or even if you can get away with keeping the diaper on until you get home!Advertisement
36. Used any part of your body to catch vomit
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When your baby or toddler is going to projectile vomit, there's really no stopping it, and the only thing you can do is to act fast to minimize the damage. And usually this means using the best thing available to you - your own body. Using anything you can - your lap, your behind, your arms, your own head even - you're going to catch as much of that vomit as you can!Advertisement
37. Used your top as a cleaning cloth
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And what happens if the vomit manages to go elsewhere instead? Or if they make a mess in a different way, spill a drink, drop food or - worse - have a potty problem? Well if you don't have any proper cleaning supplies on you, the only real option is to use anything you're wearing - so if you have a top you can easily take off, like a shirt, you're most definitely going to utilize that.Advertisement
38. Taken a photo of your child's poop
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Most adults will admit they look into the toilet bowl after a poop - for health issues, just to check everything is okay, you know - but for some reason many parents not only do this with their children, but actually go so far as to taking pictures of it. Maybe it's to keep for memory's sake? Or maybe to share in the parent forum to check why your baby's poop looks weird. Only you can know why you do it.Advertisement
39. Cleaned a bottle top or pacifier with your spit
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Bottle nipples and pacifiers are things that definitely need cleaning more than you'd hope, and especially if your child is going about dropping their pacifier on the floor every two seconds, and that makes keeping on top of a proper cleaning routine a little bit harder. The only thing you can do is give it a quick spruce up with your own spit - one of the handiest tools available to a parent.Advertisement
40. The five second rule is definitely valid
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Any other time we wouldn't even contemplate still eating or using anything we've dropped on the floor, but when you're a parent running on 1 hour of sleep a day, when you've been working for hours cleaning and making a meal, if you drop something on the floor your bet your bottom dollar you're going to use or eat it anyway - because you're not spending another few hours redoing it!Advertisement
41. Eaten baby food when there's nothing else
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We all hate that empty cupboard feeling when we realize we should have gone grocery shopping yesterday instead of leaving it until now, and when you're an overworked parent it's even more likely. So what's the only thing available to you? Those shelves upon shelves of baby food that taste like nothing good but it really is all you have in that particular moment...Advertisement
42. Knowing you have bodily fluid *somewhere* on you
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So it's one of those situations where you just know that you have pee, poop or vomit somewhere on you - only a little bit - because you can smell it, you can sense it... you just can't pinpoint where, maybe it's soaked in and dried a little, but you just can't find it - and the only correct thing to do, in your eyes, is ignore it and go about your day because there's nothing you can do about it!Advertisement
43. Not bothering to shower
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When you're a busy parent, self care can sometimes fall on the wayside, especially when it comes to personal hygiene - but there's missing a shower or two, and there's purposefully not bothering to have a shower for a long time because what's the point? You're only going to get covered in pee, poop or vomit - or maybe all three at once - anywhere so best save on that water bill!Advertisement
44. Had pee or poop go into your mouth
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The unfortunate fact of changing a diaper means your baby is on its back in a very dangerous position in terms of where things are going to go. If they choose to pee or poop in that moment, the only way is up. And if you happen to be caught in that moment with your mouth open - maybe taking in a yawn - then there's always the risk something hits you in the face... and your open mouth...Advertisement
45. Having to pull certain foods out of your baby's... you know
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A lot of research is needed for what to feed your baby, but sometimes there might be something you feed them as they get older that you thought might be easy for them to digest but actually isn't. Or maybe they got hold of something by accident. And that can cause a bit of a clogging problem down below. So you might have to... manually get in there and pull it out.Advertisement
46. Having to pull off stuck gum from questionable places
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One thing we've all struggled with in our younger years is that pesky chewed gum that gets stuck anywhere it's not supposed to - our poor hair, our shoes, our clothes... And when you have a baby or toddler, there's more of a risk of it getting stuck somewhere. And as a parent you might have had to pull it from difficult places they've tried to stick it, like on their face, down their pants, up their nose...Advertisement
47. Making a bowl with your hands for whatever needs to come out
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You're out at a restaurant, bar or café for what feels like the first time in months, and you've taken your baby or kid for a nice day out. Well... they suddenly need to do something you're not going to get to the bathroom in time for. So you just cup your hands into a bowl right there and then and just let whatever is going to happen, happen...Advertisement
48. Cleaning poop off walls, ceilings... anything
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We would have to hope that babies would do all their pooping in their diaper, but as we know, it's not always the case. And as they get a little older and a little more free to move around, they might decide instead to take a poop in their room - or any room of your home - that they'll then spread on the walls, on the floor, on their toys... and you've had to clean it all up.Advertisement
49. Having to suck *anything* out of their nose
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Just like the toilet, kids also have a habit of shoving anything and everything up their nose, like toys or even items of food from their plates. As if it wasn't enough having to suck their blocked noses clear, you might also have had to get in there and suck out anything they've had trapped up there, like their baby puree or a green bean from your own plate. Sigh.Advertisement
50. Having to clean up after the dog got hold of the diaper
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Living in a home with both a dog and a baby has its challenges if your dog is one who likes to make a mess or is still in the learning stage of what's not okay to tear up and chew. And if your dog somehow gets hold of the dirty diaper you left on the side to throw out? They might then proceed to use it as a rag toy and get the mess absolutely everywhere... ready for you to clean!Advertisement