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Bob's Day Out

Posted 09.25.2007 by Jessica (46)
This happened about four years ago, when my daughter and my baby brother were both a year old. (Yes, my mother and I were pregnant at the same time, when I was sixteen. And no, we didn't plan it.) It was springtime and the whole family was at different stages of a flu bug. Most of us were well enough to go about our daily business, but my mother was still totally incapacitated. She could not be away from the bathroom for more than two minutes for fear of an embarrassing and messy accident. My little brother was a real handful back then (hell, he still is!) and my mother wasn't in any shape to run around after him; so when I announced that I was going into town to shop and have dinner, she begged me to take him.

My baby bro, whom I'll call Bob, had been a bit off the last couple of days, but I didn't think anything of it. He wasn't nearly as sick as we had all been, so I agreed to take him. I got him dressed, packed a few extra diapers and a bottle, and called a cab. My other brother, whom I will call Joe, and his girlfriend Jane were coming along for the ride, so we really had to squish in there. Since my daughter was coming, we decided not to bring car seats and instead just sat the kids on our laps. This way there was room for all of us as well as the diaper bag. The local police didn't care much about kids not being in car seats, and at the time, neither did I.

We lived in a small mountain town in New Brunswick, which meant we had to travel quite a distance to the mall.

I heard the low rumble first. Next I heard the gurgling. It was coming from my Bob. It didn't smell much, and I was glad I had brought the extra diapers.

About an hour into our shopping trip, Bob was wearing the last of the six extra diapers I had brought. Joe and Jane were getting pretty annoyed with our frequent stops to the bathroom, and I was pissed that our day was being ruined by a toddler with explosive diarrhea. But then again, we all knew it wasn't his fault, so we decided we had to pass the blame -- as we walked around the mall, with the stench of baby crap following us everywhere, we cursed my mom for "making" me bring him. It felt better to be mad at her than at poor baby Bob, his innocent little face twisting in discomfort every time he let another wave of diarrhea milk flow in his Pampers.

We decided to eat. The biggest department store in the mall had a large, family-oriented restaurant in it, and Bob hadn't had a dump in nearly half an hour. We thought he had emptied himself out and the worst was over.

Halfway through our dinner, Bob started to fuss in his highchair. My own little angel had fallen asleep in her highchair and Joe and I really didn't want him to wake her. Jane, who barely ate, offered to take Bob for a walk in the stroller to calm him down while we finished eating. As she was taking him out of the highchair, he let go again -- this time with a flow so massive no diaper could contain it. We watched in horror as it started leaking out the sides of his diapers and through his pants.

Not sure what to do and knowing we were out of diapers, we sat him back down. He wailed as we tried to think.

And then the smell hit us.

It was an ungodly odor that spread quickly, filling the restaurant. The other patrons began giving us dirty looks and one lady even started to gag. We had to get out of there, fast. We abandoned our food and went to pay; and while we waited at the counter Bob let go again. Liquid poop the color of butterscotch pudding dripped all over the floor. Jane walked away, embarrassed and disgusted, and Joe cursed my mother out loud, calling her every name in the book.

We only had one stroller and we didn't want to soil it, so I put my still sleeping angel in it and carried Bob. I held him under the armpits and at arm's length as we ran for the exit.

We called a cab to go home, but we knew we couldn't ride with him like this -- none of us had any intention of putting him on our lap. So we did the only thing we could think of at the time: we took him to the ladies' room, stripped him naked, washed him up in the sink, and made him a plastic bag jumpsuit. I know it sounds weird, but we couldn't very well wait outside for a cab with a naked baby.

Here is how you make a plastic bag jumpsuit: cut two holes in the bottom corner of a plastic bag. Those are for the baby's legs. The baby's arms go through the handles. Then tie a shoelace around him under the armpits to keep it snug. Make sure to pad his bum with paper towels, just in case.

Bob seemed better now. He wasn't fussing, which led us to hope the ride home would be poop free. We sat him in the middle in the backseat, between Joe and Jane. Joe held my little one (who was still asleep) while I sat in the front.

It was a quiet drive home. We were all shocked, tired, and pissed. The cab driver, obviously curious about what had transpired at the mall to result in my baby bro's new attire, tried to make conversation, but we hardly answered. He got the message and finally gave up.

About one block from our house, it happened. It was a silent one this time, and we wouldn't have known anything had happened if Jane hadn't suddenly shrieked, "IT'S ON MY PANTS! OH GOD HE SHIT AGAIN AND IT'S ALL OVER MY PANTS!"

The smell was putrid and we had to open the windows. My daughter had woken up and was crying, as were both Bob and Jane. Joe was cursing, the cab driver was laughing, and I wanted to shoot myself.

Arriving home, Jane ran in to change and shower, Joe took in the kids, and I paid the driver and tried to talk him out of making me pay for the upholstery. I ended up cleaning most of the backseat, but he still billed me $100.

Needless to say, I got my mom to pay for it.

Anonymous Coward (not verified) -- 09.25.2007

You paid $100 for a cab ride yet dont have a car????? wierd..no wonder you got pregnant at 16

Lame comment! -1 point
doniker (1517) -- 09.25.2007

It is hard to believe that both cab drivers would risk there licenses by not making those babies sit in car seats.

You said:

"The local police didn't care much about kids not being in car seats, and at the time, neither did I."

This statement shows that you have endangered your child's life before because apparently you were pulled over for not using car seats.
Why a cop wouldn't care shocks me.

You would have really felt bad if you had a car accident and those babies when injured or killed. But then again teenage mother's are usually pretty ignorant...I feel sorry for the baby.

Frank2401 (183) -- 09.25.2007

At a mall and running out of diapers? Not one store in that mall sold any? You could have bought some towels to wrap the baby in instead of a plastic jumpsuit. Didn't the mall sell towels?

Great comment! +1 point
Bunga Din (1238) -- 09.25.2007

People, settle down. For all we know this story took place back in the late 60's early 70's when car seats were not a big deal.

The imagery of a little baby in a shopping bag outfit had me chuckling. From the sound of it you're little brother is quite the country Bumkin.

For those wondering why she didn't buy diapers or some clothes for her little brother, maybe she had spent all her money on french friesfor her brother ands just had cab fare left.

C Everett Poop (587) -- 09.25.2007

This story has a distinct odor of white trash. They wrecked a mall, a restaurant and a taxi because they were too stupid to stay home when they were sick. And knocked up at 16. Way to go! I hope their house didn't have a flat tire when they got home.

doniker (1517) -- 09.25.2007

Hey Bunga, the first line in the story reads:

"This happened about four years ago, when my daughter and my baby brother were both a year old."

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Good point about buying diapers at the mall, Frank. She has $100 to give a cab driver but couldn't buy diapers?

Anonymous Coward (not verified) -- 09.25.2007

What you guys need to do is enjoy the story. If you read it carefully, you would notice that she is from New Brunswick. Things that seem strange and mabey even crazy to you, are the norm there. Funny story Jess, but buckle up those kids eh!

Eoz (not verified) -- 09.25.2007

Dude, I spent many years in New Brunswick, and this is NOT normal - so anyone thinking of visiting there, I assure you, it is NOT normal for teenaged white trash skank mothers to haul their sick, diseased and shitting babies around malls and in taxi cabs without thinking "duh, maybe I should buy some diapers. Or better yet, bring my baby home".
The story was fairly well written, but any enjoyment I might have gotten was tainted by the fact that this was the fault of the ignorant mother, and not the baby in question.

Bunga Din (1238) -- 09.25.2007

Ooops, caught me there doniker.

I'll agree with one of the other posters about things being "a bit different" in New Brunswick, but I'm still proud to be a flatlander.

Mary Queen of Scats (387) -- 09.25.2007

The stupidity and redneck thought processes portrayed in this story are second only to my hometown...hell...my entire state.

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Man who stand on toilet seat is high on pot.

CC (not verified) -- 09.25.2007

You sure this story didn't take place in New Brunswick,N.J.?I wonder if you could be charged with endangering the welfare of a child by allowing him to commit turd terorism?I feel sorry for the diners at the restaurant.

CC (not verified) -- 09.25.2007

She didn't have 100 bucks.Her mom paid the 100.

Anonymous Coward (not verified) -- 09.25.2007

Eoz, I assure you, no one is planning on visiting there.

CaCaFooey (not verified) -- 09.25.2007

Jeesh! Tough crowd. I thought the jumpsuit part was hilarious. The visual was great. I am so not supporting the no car seat thing...but none of the malls I go to sell diapers. They do however sell clothes...but that would have killed the story.

Linda Lou (not verified) -- 09.25.2007

People...she said he BILLED her the $100. AND her MOM paid it. If you are going to call her on her actions get your facts right first.

Love Nugget (2) -- 09.25.2007

Funny story, Jessica! One more reason I don't want kids. :P

I don't think car seats are primary concerns with 16/17 year olds... she wasn't thinking any differently than most teens, so even though it's wrong, I wouldn't ridicule her for that. (They paid their "doos" for that anyway.)

And maybe I'm the only one but I saw: "Needless to say, I got my mom to pay for it." at the bottom, so she didn't pay the cabbie $100.

Great comment! +2 points
doniker (1517) -- 09.25.2007

"I don't think car seats are primary concerns with 16/17 year olds... she wasn't thinking any differently than most teens"

And this is why teens shouldn't have babies or drive.

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I know Jessica is taking alot of heat for being so ignorant, but at least she told the story as it really happened.

I took alot of heat years ago when I wrote a poopreport and included that I drank and drove.

I guess we all do stupid shit at times, I just hope Jessica is now making better decisions with her child and life.

Rectum Hardlyknewum (not verified) -- 09.25.2007

This girl should bring the entire family on Springer. This is about as white trash as you can get...mom and daughter both pregnant at the same time? Wonder if her father was the father for both? Anyway, don't know how she had $100 cash on her - must have sold her food stamps.

Deja Poo (606) -- 09.25.2007

Oddly enough, I find myself agreeing with doniker on this. I've done stupid stuff. Most people do, including the forces of nature by not heeding their body's warnings.

We are hardwired to accept that toddlers shit in peculiar times and places. If we weren't, the infanticide rate would be much higher. Think about it. How many people could knowingly shit at your restaurant table while you're mid-bite in your meal and still live to see tomorrow? Only the very young, the very old and the obviously mentally deficient. Everybody else dies.

Anyway, I don't believe that you paid for the meal. If the manager didn't just tell you that the meal was on him, I would have given the cashier the dirty diaper and told him/her to keep the change.

CEP Memorial In-Fucking-Sensitive Comment: You can take the trash out of the trailer but you can't take the trailer out of the trash.
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Yo quiero Taco Bell.

Great comment! +1 point
C Everett Poop (587) -- 09.25.2007

I'm sensitive godddamn it.

Great comment! +1 point
Chip Brown (201) -- 09.25.2007

When I was 13, I went snorkling in the Gulf of Mexico near Tarpon Springs, FLA with my dad. It was late in January and being a scrawny kid I was getting chilled from the relatively cool water. I complained about being cold so my dad made me a "wet suit" using a black 30 gallon plastic garbage bag. He cut a hole for my arms and head at the bottom of the bag. I climbed inside with my feet nad flippers sticking out the other end.

It was an amazing MacGyver trick that really worked and I stayed nice and warm. It didn't cross my mind to shit in the bag, but I'm sure that I pissed in it.

Call it the New Brunswick Wet Suit.

The Thunderous ... (653) -- 09.25.2007

Hmmmm I for one thought the plastic jump suit was very ingenious considering they had nothing else to use. Folks once again a lesson can be learned without condemning. If a child has explosive diareah he/she should remain near a steady supply of diapers until the crisis passes. This most likely would be at HOME. Yes she should have also buckled the kid up but if hes going to be crying and whining the hold time maybe it was better he was held and we dont know when this was either so timeline would be important.
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The Thunderous Crapper 63 Enjoying home toilet advantage since 2004!

DungDaddy (1364) -- 09.25.2007

Most cars didn't even have seatbelts until the 60's. Nobody gave a shit about baby seats until the 80's. Strapping your kid in was not the law until the 90's. For fuck sake, Doniker, you stood on the front seat between your mom and dad until you were five years old. They never endangered you. The notion that not strapping your kid into a restraint is akin to attempted murder is social-engineering-busy-body buttfuckery.

You will all make good little communists when the only freedom you have left is the choice to get knocked up before you're out of high-school.

GottaGoGirl (2615) -- 09.25.2007

DungDaddy, "Four years ago" was definitely within the carseat law window.

I'm going to have to agree with CEP. When the baby blew through the next-to-last diaper, IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME!

DungDaddy (1364) -- 09.25.2007

I know it was. But the "law" doesn't mean that it's now a heinous act of negligence to not strap your kid in. The "law" never changed the reality. Doniker is saying that she "endangered" the kid's life. Would he have said that 30 years ago, before some burueacrat did his thinking for him? Horseshit.

Eoz (not verified) -- 09.25.2007

"Doniker is saying that she "endangered" the kid's life. Would he have said that 30 years ago, before some burueacrat did his thinking for him?"

Obviously many people were saying this, because it's a law now. Not all laws are in effect to stop us from negligently killing our children, but not strapping your kid in IS endangerment. Children strapped in are much more likely to survive accidents (About 3000 people a DAY die in car crashes, worldwide. There are countless more non-fatal accidents.)
So, yeah. Driving with kid on lap is endangering the kid, just as not safely closing a window that a kid could fall out of, is endangerement.

Great comment! +1 point
daphne (3325) -- 09.25.2007

I also think it was a bit dumb to take a sick baby out, but then again.......I wanna' play devil's advocate!

We kind of sound like the type of people who would watch a movie like The Sandlot and call CPS because the kids got sick on a carnival ride from chewing tobacco.

She's a young mom who didn't give her kid up for adoption or have an abortion. She took her brother along with her and changed his diapers so many times she ran out because she cared enough to change his diapers and didn't leave him in his own shit. She had the sense to at least try to clean him up before taking him home instead of leaving him sitting in his own poop. She has sentence structure that at least passes for tenth grade and the ability to be honest. She attempted to clean up the cab instead of flashing him for Springer beads, drop-kicking him in the junk and then telling him to Go To Oprah.

I would have also rathered she keep a sick child home, but I was 16 once, and it was hard enough staying away from the mall single and childless. Imagine how hard it would be with even less time to yourself. Not everyone starts life off by the manual, you know. I think she'll be OK.


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.....hugging bunnies since 1969
www.daphneszoo.com

Great comment! +1 point
DungDaddy (1364) -- 09.26.2007

Thanks, Daph, for spoiling it all with your grown-up...talk.

Great comment!
iLuvFiber (not verified) -- 09.26.2007

Youth ages; immaturity is outgrown; ignorance can be educated and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
-Aristophanes

GottaGoGirl (2615) -- 09.26.2007

Daphne, I concede.

Lame comment!
Anonymous Coward (not verified) -- 09.26.2007

What a crock of shit.

Great comment! +1 point
GottaGoGirl (2615) -- 09.26.2007

What? The story?

Or that I would concede a point? :)

Hamster (579) -- 09.26.2007

From the other side of the pond, my slant, of course, is different. I would just like to congratulate Jessica for a story that has sirred up so much interest, and, a lot of it self-righteous, comment!

And it is well written too - I actually managed to read it all, which is unusual!

GottaGoGirl (2615) -- 09.26.2007

Hamster (503) -- 09.26.2007 -- wrote: "
From the other side of the pond, my slant, of course, is different.
"

That's just because your toilets flush the wrong way. Wait, no... that's the equator-effect...

Okay, I'll bite, Hammy. What's your "slant" on this, please?

NoDooh (not verified) -- 09.27.2007

I really enjoyed the story. Yes there are some details about it which are odd and mildly disturbing but i do not think this site is for judging other's choices but to read funny poop stories.

The Dumpster (2510) -- 09.27.2007

Jessica, as the old joke goes, "I don't believe I'da told that, sister!"

You ought to have been reported to Child Protective Services for your poor judgment in this situation. Most certainly not funny; sorry.

Miss Simone Scat (570) -- 09.27.2007

The plastic jumper was the funniest part. I'll let it at that.
Producing waste since 1967

Hamster (579) -- 09.27.2007

GGG - simply that I was amused by the reactions to the story! Jessica must deserve some recognition for so successfully winding (nearly) everyone up!!

The Dumpster (2510) -- 09.27.2007

So, offensive is the definition of a good story?

dookie monster (25) -- 09.28.2007

funny story, but...
yer mom didn't shit...the kid did...and you didn't make the kid shitproof.
you should have paid the bill. or should have split it.


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purveyor of the brown note...

Shepoops Alot (1) -- 09.28.2007

Just another example of Britney doing dumb shit.

Hamster (579) -- 09.28.2007

Dumpster - at no point have I said this was a good story. Whether it is offensive is a matter of opinion, but even if it were, that would not debar it from being funny. A lot of humour would be extremely offensive to many people - think some of the stand up comedians of the 70s and 80s - and even of today. For heavens sake, poop humour itself would be offensive to many.

But, the point I was simply making is that I'm amused by some of the sanctimonious reaction it has stirred up here. Like no-one did stupid or thoughtless things when they were teenagers???

Anonymous Coward (not verified) -- 10.01.2007

Good God...can you guys just enjoy the damn story without getting so pissy? The person told a funny story. Nothing bad happened, yes she should have used a child seat, but get over it already. The story wasn't about leaving kids out of car seats, it was about a pooping baby. Damn

Lame comment! -1 point
Hamster (579) -- 10.01.2007

AC - precisely! Differently put, but the same message!

Interesting to contrast the reaction to this story with the reaction to Jessica's first story, where she got so much sympathy and support after telling us about the poop traumas of her early life.

the princess and the pooper (not verified) -- 10.04.2007

lmao... thisi is great... oh and by the way in the hussies defence.... the mall usually doesnt have a place that sells diapers... i have never been to a mall with a target or a walgreens or anything in it so she did the best she could with her 6th grade education...

Anonymous Coward (not verified) -- 10.06.2007

HOnestly I've lived in a few of those small towns in NB (like Bel Isle) and seat belts are not a big deal there ..though they shoudl be ..just scraping out $$ for food is hard enough in those towns ..give the kid a break ..she was hillarious !

The Shit Volcano (3646) -- 10.21.2007

I'm sorry. I guess it's my maternal instinct making me into a poop, but I found nothing funny about this story. (Except maybe the plastic baby suit.)

This seems like a story of a flock of self-centered teenagers with no regard for the welfare of poor little Bob. Making him sit in his shit because you thought it was gross. Getting pissed off because he was shitting and obviously feeling sick. Not once did he receive anything to make up for the lost fluids from obvious severe diarrhea. Standing out in the cold with a baby in a plastic bag suit when he is obviously seriously ill.

Would you do the same thing to your "little angel"? I think not. You'd probably get right in a cab and go home rather than trying to enjoy your dinner with a sick child. I'm glad your brother was okay.

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Beware the shitticane. Election, 2008.

phatmanxxl (142) -- 11.09.2007

Obviously yall some ignorant parents, prego teen, prego mom, probly same baby daddy. I feel bad for the baby. He should have been at home and staying hydrated, not going to the mall sick and screaming. He's lucky he didn't end up in the hospital. This poo tale wasn't funny at all, its dissapointing to hear about how a baby was suffering because of people who don't think, but made me grateful I had parents who cared about me and my health.

Anonymous Coward (not verified) -- 11.13.2007

okay most people on here are just being nice so they can get +2 points or whatever. I am going to lay down the law. okay the girl is 16 and pregnant, she didnt put her kids in carseats, and she dragged her nephew to the mall with the flu. BUT THATS NOT THE STORY HERE!! its called poop report not hicktown report, not young and pregnant report, not flu report!!! if your on this site you should be focused on the poop here. I felt bad for her and i cracked up at the same time. Just the kind of stories i wanna read. I dont pay attention to any of the other stuff because i am here to read about the POOP and thats all! and if you dont agree with me get outta here!

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