Another funny story similar to My Freak Out Moment
So this weekend we're going to Arkansas for a family reunion. The Halls came the Thursday before to drive up with us the next day. An hour before they arrive, nay, less than an hour before they arrive, we are rushing around trying to get ready. Im not dressed (still in cleaning clothes), Beth isnt dressed (in clothes but not cute enough to show off for Mimi), the family room and kitchen still needed a quick sweep, diapers needed changing, and dinner was not in the oven yet. Needless to say, we were rushing around.
Suddenly, while we were rushing around, David and I started seeing these little silicone pellets everywhere. When I say silicone pellets, think a tiny dot of dried hot glue, a clear gel pebble, or a soft version of the clear earring backs that you sometimes get with earrings. Tiny. They looked like snow, were cool to the touch, had no odor, and wouldnt dissolve into the skin or anything like that. And...it created a trail everywhere that Ben had been.
In his room, all over our bedroom, a line down the hallway, 2 piles on our bed where he had jumped, etc. We looked all over for what it was. We checked all gels in our bathroom, checked Bens mouth to see if he had eaten it. We smelled it, rubbed it, held it, almost everything but eat it! We were SO confused and worried!
Until.
I looked at Ben. He didnt have pants on (per usual...cant seem to get that kid to keep them on!). His diaper was a little saggy and we had been getting ready to change him when we noticed the pellets. He was only wet. I thought..hmm...so I went to check his diaper and see if he was pooping them out. If he had I would have called poison control and rushed him to the ER. None in the diaper....not pooping them out. Huh.
I almost gave up. Forget the search. We have to get ready for the Halls, we'll just vacuum them up and move on. Almost.
But. Turning away from Ben, something caught my eye. A hole. One single tiny tear. There was a small separation in the seam of Ben's urine filled diaper.
I HAD BEEN SMELLING, RUBBING, HOLDING, AND ALMOST EVERYTHING BUT EATING URINE SOAKED GEL PELLETS!!!!!!!!
YUCK!!!! I freaked out! I scrubbed my hands and my feet (because OF COURSE I was barefoot and had been walking on them!) and I simply freaked out.
You see, Pampers have amazing diapers. They are thin and small, but can absorb amazing amounts of urine and poo. We have tried others and will never voluntarily go back. However, the special formula that allows their diapers to be thin and small, but absorb amazing amounts of urine and poo turns that amazing amount of absorbed urine into little silicone/gel pellets. That particular diaper just couldnt handle the weight apparently and its sides split, spilling little pellets onto our bed, carpets, floors, and rugs. DISGUSTING!
After freaking out initially, we tried to clean it up. Remember, half of us not dressed properly, inlaws coming in less than an hour. I knew it wouldnt sweep up well, so I grabbed my handy dandy handvac. Wouldnt ya figure, it ran out of batteries within a minute...I need to remember to charge that. My stress level and disgust went through the roof and I was DONE! Thank goodness I have my lovely husband.
David was grossed out, but it didnt really phase him that much. We'd seen a lot worse. Heck, that day alone I had dealt with 3 poopy explosions from my children! This was just urine! Anyway, he changed Bens diaper and got the big vacuum and vacuumed it up. He got pants on Ben, swept the floors, got dinner in the oven, and starting working on getting our car battery out to be tested (another LONG story). All I have to do was say "EW!!", get Beth and I dressed, and wait for the inlaws. He is amazing.
So. Long story short:
mysterious pellets
DISGUSTING PELLETS!!!
Goodbye pellets!
Amazing husband :)
