The little one-year-old I babysit must have a habit of swallowing things he shouldn't when he is at home because in the last 2 days I have found 2 foreign objects in his poopy diapers. Aside from the normal peas, corn, etc, that seem to stay whole all through his digestive tract, I found a WATCH BATTERY yesterday and some HEART-SHAPED CONFETTI in his poo today. Funny? Yes. But a little ummmm....concerning too? Absolutely. I know of parents who tell similar stories of pennies and other coins making that incredible journey down to their kids' poop-chutes, so I know things like that are going to happen sometimes. But you've gotta wonder: How good is it on the little dude's colon to have a scratchy piece of heart-shaped foil confetti pass through?

I told his momma about the watch battery yesterday and we both had a good laugh. I told her that it could've just gotten stuck to his bum or something during his last diaper change. When I found it, it was his 1st dipe change at my house, so maybe when mom or dad was changing him on a couch or the car seat, that teeny stray battery could've just clung to his skin. But then when I found the confetti in the 3rd diaper I had changed today, I knew that he had pooped it. It wasn't there when I changed him the 1st 2 times - I'm sure I would've noticed a bright red shiny heart. I IM'ed his momma to let her know.....not to make her feel guilty or anything, but just because I thought she should know that he ingested something like that. I think she got a little defensive, although, sometimes emotions are hard to read when you're IM'ing.


ME: I found somethin else in babe's diaper today - some little heart shaped confetti.....I know he pooped it because it wasn't there when I changed his dipe earlier. :)

MOMMA: lol. he was playing with bro & confetti its all over my carpet cant get it up...i bet is was just stuck to his behind...

MOMMA: really

MOMMA: i am not a bad mom

I went on to say that I totally don't think she's a bad mom, but I was just thinking that there's a chance he may have swallowed it, since I didn't see it until the 3rd dipe change. But then she just said it was probably stuck in his clothes. Which, I suppose is possible, but I doubt because I had taken his shorts completely off at one point. Eh, what do I know about parenting, anyway? :)

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