5 Places I Never (Ever!) Thought I’d Clean So Much Until I Had Baby
Photo: Positive Psychology News / The BumpOkay, I knew I had to bathe my child, change poopy diapers and wipe snotty noses, but there were a few surprises along the way in these first few months. So, hold on to your lunches because these are all the places I’ve had to clean up since baby arrived:
1. Lint
It’s everywhere! Under their nails, between their fingers and toes, and even in their itty bitty belly buttons! And I don’t mean dry lint, I mean soggy, foul-smelling, peel from the skin gobs of it!
2. Earwax
I knew this was coming, but boy, was I surprised at the amount. Carrots, this aint no green house, this is the produce aisle!
3. Bogies/Boogers
Shockingly large quantities of snot! Whether you suction it out or are experiencing the joys of having it wiped on your shoulder whilst baby wearing.
4. Bottoms
4. That little dip at the top of the butt, you know it, the cleftal horizon – You’ve wiped all over, you survey your work and it looks good… then you look at that tiny 1/2″ area, that little dip that hides the diaper cream, the poop and the fluff!
And last, but by no means least…
5. Neck Cheese
The no neck monsters accumulate something the finest cheese experts may turn their noses up to in those folds! Dried milk, sweat and more lint! You’ll clean it, but that smell will linger in your nostrils all day. And when you least expect it, nuzzling into the neck of your LO during a cuddle session, there it will be!
It’s not all bad though, it gives you another reason to enjoy the bonding of bath time, cleaning those little fingers and toes is a joy!
Plus, more from The Bump:
10 Totally Weird (But Totally Normal) Things About Your Newborn
The Knot Blog
The Nest Blog
I was shocked by finding lint everywhere! Didn’t expect that one!
I was shocked by finding lint everywhere! Didn’t see that one coming!
Ewww yea… the large amounts of ear wax!!! So gross
I feel relieved that someone else experiences the neck cheese! It doesn’t seem to matter how well we scrub and dry that area, it gets red and smells sooooo fast!
Wondering if you all live in a really warm climate or something, because I have three children and I really haven’t had any of the smelly necks or lint…the only place I ever saw lint was in their toes because of the socks but thats it.