Before mateo was born, I promised andrea I would do the cleaning whenever the baby poops. And I did exactly that. In fact, my first encounter with mateo’s behind was explicitly described by my wife in her previous post. But because I had to go back to work and also because she decided on staying home to take care of mateo, andrea got the lion’s share of the cleaning eventually. I only help out occasionally when mateo’s in a grouchy mood.

But a few days ago, unfortunately, I started cleaning his bottoms again. Why? Because when we inspected his butt, we saw that it was already red with scrapes, perhaps from all those times when cat or andrea would wipe off the poop with tissue. We decided to forget the wiping for now and stick to good old hand-washing in order to clean him without irritating his butt.

But andrea, of course was adamant that I should do the deed. I, on the other hand, didn’t want to provoke a fight so I decided not to argue anymore. Anyway, I promised her I would be the one to clean mateo’s butt in the first place, so I did. Now, I’m proudly reclaiming the role of mateo’s poop cleaner. Huhu!