Cleaning Up The Ick Factor

One of the things that the parenting books don't talk about is the ick factor that comes along with being a parent and how to clean up the ick factor. Of course I knew going into this that what goes into baby must come and that it would come out in various forms and that it would occasionally be very icky.

Well today was one of the days that had a high ick factor. But I will spare you, and teenage Madi, all the icky details. Instead I will say that Madi had on three different outfits over the course of the day. So it is a good thing that I was planning to do laundry today. Which brings me to my point of cleaning up the ick factor - Oxi Clean. I have always had Oxi Clean in my laundry room, but now with a pooping machine, I mean baby, in the house it is essential. Seriously, we should buy stock in this product - it gets every type of stain out of fabric (not to mention its many other uses). 

Just about every load of laundry that we do has some Oxi Clean in with it (to get rid of spit-up and formula stains that can be hard to see). But when we have icky messes like today, the worst gets rinsed off, then I put the clothes to soak in a shallow basin with a sprinkle of Oxi Clean. After the clothes have soaked for awhile (okay, sometimes they sit for a day or two) into the wash they go - and out comes perfectly clean and ick free clothes. I am happy to say that none of Madi's clothes have been ruined due to being icky and not coming clean.

A Blog Is Born

After much debating and lots of encouragement from friends - a blog is born. I forewarn you all that I have never done this before and I haven't read very many blogs either, so I have no idea what direction this blog will take. This is what I do know: I enjoy writing and hope that someone will enjoy reading what I write. I also hope that it will allow you to get to know, or stay connected to, my family as well as, the military lifestyle. If there is a topic/question that you want me to blog about please feel free to let me know in a comment. :0)

PS - I have no idea how to get rid of the highlight. Why is there not a box that says none??