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WRAL Morning News Anchor Lynda Loveland recently delivered her third child, Carys. In her blog, Lynda chronicles her experiences as a mother.

Dirty Daycare Duds

I think the happiest moments of my day are when I pick up my kids from daycare.  Regardless of whatever they're doing, their faces light up in a huge smile when they see me.  Nothing can duplicate that feeling.  It's pure joy!

Although sometimes it's a little bittersweet when I see my youngest, Carys.  The bitter part comes into play when I notice she's in back-up daycare clothes.  That can only mean one thing, there's something waiting for me in her diaper bag...and it ain't pretty.

I walk over to where it's hanging and there it is, peeking out of the top.  It's a plastic grocery bag all tied up with the great unknown inside.  It's a grab bag of deception.  Because the handles of the bag, when knotted up, actually look like a bow!  It's certainly NOT a gift I want to unwrap!  I just hope for the best and throw the bag over my shoulder.  Maybe Carys just had a really messy lunch.  The question is, which end did it come out of?

Once home, I ignored it for a couple of hours, silently hoping some little laundry fairy would take care of it.  When that didn't happen I braced myself for the worst and cut open the bag.  The smell that nearly knocked me over gave me the answer I was looking for earlier.  The origin of the mess was solved.

Now to assess the spill.  I grabbed as little of the pants as I possibly could and lifted them out of the bag.  This was a bad one.  On a scale of 1 to 10 this was about an 8.5.  No matter how I try to turn those little pants inside out, it's nearly impossible to come out unscathed.  Thank goodness I refilled all the hand soap dispensers. 

I take the pants over to the sink in the laundry room to rinse and soak them.  You see, I have a bowl set aside specifically for spills.  But when I look down in the sink to get it, my husband already had something soaking!  Once again, bittersweet moment.  He's finally learned to soak spills and not just throw them in the dirty clothes for me to find later.  That's a good thing.  The problem is, he didn't turn the pants inside out or rinse them out first!  It was a bowl of pure nastiness!!!!  So, just like that, one grab bag of daycare dootie turns to TWO!

Wooohooo!  My lucky day...  I think I washed my hands like six times...

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This was a great laugh. I stay home with my little one (she's a year old) and I'm not so sure that the bag wouldn't be better than the actual mess. I mean yes it sits in the bag and the smell is there but I think that would be waaaay better than having to clean it from her diaper (yuck), legs, hands (she likes to help), and sometimes the surface I am changing her on and then I get the pleasure of the laundry as well. Yuck Yuck Yuck!

Thank goodness for in-home babysitter! I've experienced the "dirty daycare baggie" with my oldest one but not with the baby! He's at a home babysitter and she washes his clothes when they get dirty. My oldest is 5 now but I remember picking him up from daycare and getting the I'm so happy to see you grin followed by the grimace from his teacher with the baggie.

Gosh, my 'baby' is 22 now, and gone to college...and gone gone gone...and I don't even remember those precious messes. I do remember her little baby fingers wrapping around mine, or her head laying on my chest, and the scent of her baby skin and hair...

this was funny to read...just make sure you ALWAYS know where that bag is. I found one about a week later - it managed to sneek its way behind the laundry tub. It was even more of a horid smell than I can describe with words in here.

i understand, sometimes i just tear open the bag and drop it in the downstairs extra shower and just spray it with the handheld shower spicket like the dirty pants are a muddy dog.

I just chuckled when I read your post. My 23 month old has had quite a few of those dirty daycare bags. I usually throw them in the laundry room when I get home. I only open the bag right when I can throw it straight into the washing machine and hit the wash button. I have to admit though, sometimes those bags have gone straight into the trash.

I came home with one of those bags your talking about, and the "terd" was still in my daughters soiled underwear! She was 2 and had a few accidents at daycare. I thought to myself, the daycare teacher could have at least flung the "terd" into the trash, instead they packed it in the bag... nice huh?

I understand but at least it is contained in a bag! My 3 year old will NOT poo on the potty and I dropped a big ball of poo on my hand and all over the floor today! And it was still warm! That is yuck. I also washed my hands countless times...Get excited that you get to do that in a couple of years! ( :

Kids get dirty at daycare? To be sure?

I got one suggestion - CONSIGNMENT CLOTHING ONLY WORN TO DAYCARE! Then, when you get the "Surprise Sack" you drop it in daycare's trash can on the way out with no guilt!

HELLO! Come on ladies - this is coming from a Dad!

Lynda, the smells just keep changing as they get older. My 17-year-old son and his friends just LOVE to eat dinner at our house after basketball/football/golf practice. WHEW! Yet, somehow, I know that next year when they are off to college I will miss the chaos, the noise, and even the smells so much!!!

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