By cgregg01 - 03/06/2009 05:11 - United States

Today, I put my 3 year old down for her regular nap. About an hour later I wake up from a dream where I was smelling something awful. When I woke up, the smell was still there, so I tracked it down. My daughter had decided to "fingerpaint" with the contents of a dirty diaper. FML
I agree, your life sucks 51 192
You deserved it 6 261

cgregg01 tells us more.

As the OP, I find all of this absolutely hilarious!! To address a few questions/comments: the pull-up was the one she was wearing when she was put to bed - she doesn't wear them any other time. I was monitoring her over the one-way baby monitor we have with the volume on full blast, but the pull-up slides up and down, no noise or anything, so that is how she was able to do her stealth-painting. As for being able to get into other things, we keep all of our chemicals in an upper cabinet, no worries there. Plus, if she'd have actually come out of her room without me hearing her, my dog would have ratted her out in a heartbeat! For the pissy commenters, good for you that you are so better at everything than everyone else, your mother must be proud of how nasty and judgemental she's raised you to be. As for those other parents that understand, thank you for being able to find the humor in this disgusting situation with me. If she was doing this daily, I'd be concerned, but since this has so far been a one time thing, I think boredom and wanting the soiled pull-up off her is what caused her to be so...umm...creative. And btw, she drew dinosaurs, her current fascination. And yes, I did a great job cleaning it up after I finished gagging and smearing vicks vaporub all around my nostrils.

Top comments

thats what you get for having a 3 year old in diapers

mehwhateverr 0

Ew, that's disgusting. FYL for having to clean it up.

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Ashley_Kretz 0

out of curiosity, who were those two people lol

Caayouteepie 0

this is so fake. when your asleep, your smelling senses completly shut off so you couldnt of woken up to the smell.

If I were you I would have lied about the age of the child.

I can imagine some of these posters don't have children, nor do they have experience in raising small children. You can't take care ofa child properly if you don't rest, if I remember correctly, when I had my son, I was advised the best time to nap was while they're napping =/. So, it's not a matter of not watching your child, shit happens -litterally-. But potty training? PReschool or not, kids move at their own pace, you can push and shove all you want, but it's up to them. When they're ready, they will do it. Yeah, preschool doesn't accept children who aren't potty trained, but the best you can do is to encourage your child to try the potty, and move them along like that. To other parents who potty trained their brats earlier, props to you, it's not a race, grow up =/, before your kids think they're intellegent for using a potty. Seriously. Back before disposable diapers, the only reason they potty trained quickly was because cloth diapers suck, ONLY reason. To OP, wow, my son's only managed to have explosive diarhea out the sides of his O_o, and run around the house squealing proudly of his 'accomplishment' Thus spreading the poop. I truely feel for you, because I'm dreading that phase.

Um.... Why is your 3 year old wearing diapers???

emilyy5 0

i did the same thing as your kid... but i was 1.

jzombiemom 0

OMGosh! A-mazing! And #333 is right, children progress at their own rate, my daughter potty trained HERSELF at two, and my son just turned three and still wears night diapers and at nap time - it's about their comfort level. Girls are easier to train, I haven't researched the reason, but what worked well for us was throwing a "Potty Party", we had a cake and friends and her gifts were a new potty seat and Dora undies, and at the end of the party she threw her diapers in the garbage. It made it a special milestone for her and she was very proud that she was "too big" for diapers, thus making using the potty very special. Of course, this soooooo did not work with my son, lol. (I suspect he's just a little lazy) But it got a little easier with him when my husband taught him to pee standinng up, and he proudly strutted around telling all that he can "pee like a man". Hang in there cgregg, it all resolves in time, your doing a great job, don't lett others OBVIOUS ingnorance get you down. Oh, and enjoy those naps, because all mothers know they eventually get too old for naps and then we are SOL! And to those of you who think this is an area for grudge matches and seriously rude debates, did you notice the "send a private message" link!? USE IT!

CrazyCowgirl67 0

I used to do the same thing as a toddler, my mom would lay me down for a nap and I would have my diaper off and be painting the walls, crib, myself and whatever toys I had !!! She said that she could close the door and 2secs later open the door and I'd be at it. I was potty trained, but some toddlers still need nighttime protection. Kids throw alot of stuff at parents, always expect the unexpected. It doesn't sound like you are a bad Mom. All kids develop at their own rate. Good luck with your little Picasso....who knows that creativeness could pay off for her some day...Hey this isn't my mom telling this FML is it?????

OMG your daughter sounds cute! Sorry about the poopy art though!