In a story that has captured the hearts of many, a mom named Laura Jenkins shared her chaotic experience cleaning up her daughter’s unexpected mess on a public playground slide. This relatable tale has gone viral, earning her a virtual hero status and, quite frankly, a vacation to Hawaii in the imaginations of her followers.
Over the weekend, Laura, a mother of three, took her kids to the park after a refreshing run, believing it would be a typical day out. While resting at a picnic table, her daughter, Lily, approached her in what appeared to be stained shorts. “I started to change her, only to discover it was a full-blown poop disaster,” Laura recounted in her Facebook post. “You know the kind—like what you see with newborns, where it’s all over and you contemplate just throwing the whole baby away. But I kept my cool; I’ve dealt with this before.”
As she began to assist her daughter, Laura realized she was out of baby wipes after having just cleaned her car. “I had only FOUR wipes on hand, and let me tell you, this was not a four-wipe situation. It was a pressure washer kind of mess,” she continued. In a panic, she searched her empty van, only to find nothing.
Just then, she heard the unmistakable sound of skin sticking to plastic. “I looked up to see Lily, butt-naked and covered in poop, joyfully sliding down the slide, leaving a trail behind her.”
Knowing she couldn’t leave a mess for others, Laura rushed home to grab more wipes, secured her kids in the car, and returned to the park armed with antibacterial wipes. “I managed to clean the bottom and the top of the slide, but the middle was a challenge,” she explained. “I tried climbing, but given that I had just run a mile and a half in 90-degree weather, it was a struggle.”
Then, in a moment of desperation, Laura made a bold decision: she would have to slide down herself. “I went down feet first on my stomach, one hand holding on to slow myself down and the other wiping,” she shared. At the bottom, satisfied with her efforts, she turned to see a family in a car, staring at her in disbelief. “I was mortified. Here I was, an out-of-breath adult on a kids’ slide, probably looking like I had lost my mind.”
Feeling embarrassed, Laura quickly left the park—only to realize later that her shirt was now covered in her daughter’s mess. “There was no way I was getting that on my seatbelt,” she thought. “So I did the only logical thing—I drove home in my bra.”
Laura concluded her story with some sage advice for fellow parents: “If you’re not mentally and physically prepared to deal with someone else’s poop, perhaps it’s best to use protection.” Also, always keep extra wipes handy, not just for little bottoms but for unexpected slide clean-ups as well.
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In summary, Laura’s hilarious yet chaotic experience serves as a reminder that parenting is often unpredictable and messy, but it’s those very moments that create lasting memories.