"Mother of the year" :rolleyes:

[cheryl19]

Originally Posted by happy bunny

So.... did the mom let her have the damp half or the dry half???

[MindieRose]

Ok, as a mom that's had a bad day shopping before, I gotta defend this mom a little bit, only because she is not here to defend herself
First off, "piss" (classy choice of words btw ) is a relatively sterile liquid, and unless this child had a urinary tract infection, it was probably safer to come into contact with her own urine than it was to drink from the drinking fountain there. You could actually survive drinking your own urine if you were stranded somewhere.
Second, having a baby on your hip can sort of dislocate a diaper from being properly positioned. I have gotten peed on many times this way, only to realize that the diaper was still dry.
Third, I imagine this mom was rather mortified that she just got a golden shower (since we are throwing around tasteless terms and all) in public, so I imagine she was frantically trying to clean up the mess and did not put a lot of thought into what order she was cleaning it up. I imagine she wanted to make sure it wasn't dripping onto the floor.
Forth, well unless the child peed INTO her purse, odds are the gum was A-OK. Even so, many gum wrappers are rather water (and urine) resistant. She probably just wanted to shut the other little one up before drawing more attention to them.
Fifth, well as someone who cleans her purse regularly, not because it was peed on, but because I have children, and children + white striped Coach bag = MANY frequent cleanings, I would say that it's a safe bet that she just cleaned her purse because it was simply...dirty.
Ok, I'm done. I just had to defend this mom because I am sure most of us mothers of young ones have had many disasterous trips to the store where you just want to go home and bury your head for awhile. I know I have been out in public, carrying a newborn, and anyone who breastfed their child knows how the explosive breastfed baby poop is, and I have worn it in public. Not because I didn't change my child, but because that's just what those little Houdini's do.
Sure, its gross, icky, whatever, but does not qualify her as a bad mom

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by MindieRose

Ok, as a mom that's had a bad day shopping before, I gotta defend this mom a little bit, only because she is not here to defend herself
First off, "piss" (classy choice of words btw ) is a relatively sterile liquid, and unless this child had a urinary tract infection, it was probably safer to come into contact with her own urine than it was to drink from the drinking fountain there. You could actually survive drinking your own urine if you were stranded somewhere.
Second, having a baby on your hip can sort of dislocate a diaper from being properly positioned. I have gotten peed on many times this way, only to realize that the diaper was still dry.
Third, I imagine this mom was rather mortified that she just got a golden shower (since we are throwing around tasteless terms and all) in public, so I imagine she was frantically trying to clean up the mess and did not put a lot of thought into what order she was cleaning it up. I imagine she wanted to make sure it wasn't dripping onto the floor.
Forth, well unless the child peed INTO her purse, odds are the gum was A-OK. Even so, many gum wrappers are rather water (and urine) resistant. She probably just wanted to shut the other little one up before drawing more attention to them.
Fifth, well as someone who cleans her purse regularly, not because it was peed on, but because I have children, and children + white striped Coach bag = MANY frequent cleanings, I would say that it's a safe bet that she just cleaned her purse because it was simply...dirty.
Ok, I'm done. I just had to defend this mom because I am sure most of us mothers of young ones have had many disasterous trips to the store where you just want to go home and bury your head for awhile. I know I have been out in public, carrying a newborn, and anyone who breastfed their child knows how the explosive breastfed baby poop is, and I have worn it in public. Not because I didn't change my child, but because that's just what those little Houdini's do.
Sure, its gross, icky, whatever, but does not qualify her as a bad mom

Well, I wasn't there, but my bf was, and what I typed was what he said, as close to my memory as I could recall, in his words. The baby was sitting in the stroller, not on mom's hip and yes did pee inside and into her purse, and basically she said "oh no not again, I just cleaned my purse".

I just thought it was a funny story. The fact that she wiped off her purse first, and her baby next, then the baby's face last IMO was hilariously disgusting. If it were me I would have checked the diaper first, and my purse last, is all I'm saying. I just assumed everyone else would have thought the same which is why I thought this funny in the first place. I guess I was mistaken.

I am aware that pee is not all that harmful if you don't have a urinary infection, but I'd like to keep it off me whenever possible, and I'd like to keep it off my gum at all times. And since we are not deserted somewhere on an island, I prefer drinking water than piss. And yes, I have been peed on, thrown up on, and yes even diahreahed on. That was fun.

Oh and I am just as classy as Mae West. Most of my posts are extremely edited from my first draft, and re-read over and over again, b/c I know from experience my sense of humor *or lack thereof* sometimes offends people and gets me into trouble.

I don't recall actually calling her a bad mom (if I did then I take that back, I'll have to go back and read my OP) I just referred to her as "mother of the year" b/c again, I just thought the story was funny is all.

and I don't recall my bf using the word "mortified" as her response as to what was happening. More like "annoyed".

[jmdt]

Don't apologise for your story. You can't make this stuff up. I was appauled. Listen I have 4 children when my first 3 were babies they were 4, 2 and newborn. I know what is like to shop with children. Even today it is weird for me not to have a kid with me. Been there done that. Never, never have my kids wet so bad that it seeped down into the bottom of the stroller. What the heck? If you have trouble shopping with 2 kids then you have a serious problem. You know what shop when you don't have them with you. I've seen these kids in disgustingly filthy strollers that I would never put my fur kids in nevermind my children. It is called soap people. I don't care how poor you are, a bar of soap is not expensive. There are all kinds out there nothing surprises me anymore.

[yorkiepuppie]

that is really gross, and what i really don't understand is why does the baby's face need to be wiped? ...with a pee stained towel?

wiping the purse, fine. wiping the butt, fine. but why wipe the face?

and the pee flavored gum!?!?!

wow! just wow!!!

[yorkiepuppie]

ok, i just read the post that's defending this mother's unsanitary behaviors.

well, i don't care how much cleaner pee is than the drinking fountain at the store. i still don't understand the procedure of wiping a baby's face with a urine flavored towel.

if the baby's face must be wiped for some reason. it should be wiped FIRST! i thought this was common sense? but maybe not as common as i had imagined...

[TresCutePiggies]

Selfishly, I would be less than thrilled to swipe my credit card though the same machine and use the same touch pad/pen as the urine-handed mom, even if urine is sterile.