Laugh at These Moments That I’m sure Other Michigan Parents Can Relate To

If you need a laugh today, I've totally got you. Please, laugh with me and at me as I regale you with stories that really illustrate what you go through as a parent to a toddler.

Hilariously Relatable Parent Stories

Just a little warning before we dive in here... if you didn't know, toddlers are gross (shocker, I know). They touch everything with their gross, sticky hands, and then put those hands in their mouth, lather, rinse, repeat. So just keep in mind, these stories, while not gruesome or graphic, they are not for the squeamish.

I feel like every parent has at least one bad blow out story, here's mine.

The Poop Incident

I was taking my daughter with me to pick up our weekly local veggie box. It's a very quick round trip and normally I wouldn't take a diaper bag, but I grabbed a small one just in case and headed out the door with my little one.

When we arrived at our destination, I pulled her out of her car seat and set her on my hip. I also set her on top of the crossbody purse I was wearing to help keep her steady. When I reached around to make sure I had a good hold on her, that's when I felt it... the gross, wet, sticky feeling coming out of her diaper... she had a blow out.

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Not only did she have a blow out, but it got on my hands and, since I set her on top of my purse, it got in the zipper teeth of the purse as well. Despite this set back, we persevered, changed the diaper and her clothes, and obtained the veggie box.

The Booger Incident

I swear, that booger came out of nowhere!

Unlike adults, kids of a certain age don't know how to blow their nose. My toddler, being one of those children, requires the use of a booger sucker as opposed to a tissue when that needs to happen. For those of you unfamiliar with the odd device called a Baby NoseFrida, this is the bad boy that helps you suck the boogers out of your baby's nose.

Or at least this is the thing-a-ma-bob that we use to get the job done, there are lots of different kinds. But knowing what this looks like is important to the story. It's also important to note that this device has a little filter that prevents any boogers from traveling up the tube and into your mouth.

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Unfortunately, I learned the hard way that there was no filter when I went to go use it last. Somewhere between then and its last use, the filter must have fallen out. And it was at that moment that I had to prevent myself from throwing up because I was choking on my daughter's booger that had flown to the back of my throat.

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There you have it folks, two absolutely gross but totally relatable and laughable parent stories. I hope you had a good chuckle at my expense, because honestly, I laugh at myself when I think about these events. And couldn't we all use a good chuckle?