If I had to pick one thing. One single thing that as a parent I wouldn't have to ever do it would be to not have to clean the car seats. Nobody should ever be subjected to that hazardous situation. It's just plain out gross.
I admit it's been a while since I cleaned the kids car seats, a loooong while. Mainly because I hate unbuckling the car seats. Seriously putting a car seat back is the most annoying thing on this planet (Well that and Lil's high pitched scream). But I always cringe when I unbuckle that car seat and lift it up. You never know whats gonna be under there. And sometimes you do know and that's why its so scary.
That french fry your kid lost in the seat a few months ago as now liquefied on the bottom of the seat. That drink that you didn't think they spilled has been absorbed into the fabric of your car. That cheerio that, well you weren't sure the last time they had a cheerio, is caked against the side with a few quarters shoved in there and who knows where they came from.
Sure I wouldn't have to worry about these things if I didn't let my kids eat in the car, but their were things stuck under their seat that I'm not really sure how they ever got into my car. It doesn't matter if you give permission or not, there are just some things that creep into the crevice under your kids seat that should never ever be there. Plus if my kids are hungry I'd rather feed them in the car then deal with their whining all the way until we get home.
But seriously, if there was ever a thing I wished I could just blink the problem away, it would be cleaning out the car seats and the junk that's under them. I have already spent over an hour of my day today unbuckling, vacuuming, washing, hosing down, scrubbing the seat, and drying the car seats. I'm ready for it to be over... and I wish I could get the image of those mushed up cheerios out of my head. Ug. It gives me shivers just thinking about it.







