Girl, 3, 'smears' poop all over her sister but their dad handles it like an absolute pro

Parents and poop go hand-in-hand. Literally in this case. But it's how we handle any poop situation that really makes us grow as people! 

Clint Edwards had firsthand experience of this recently, when his older daughter Norah found dog poo in the garden, a story he shared on his Facebook page, No Idea What I'm Doing: A Daddy Blog.  

However, in the time he had gone to get a shovel and come back, his three-year-old daughter, Aspen, had smeared it all over her older sister – creating what we are sure is a scene worthy of a horror movie! 

“Norah (age 7. Not pictured) found some dog poop in the front yard. In the time it took me to walk to the backyard for a shovel, Aspen (age 3) grabbed the poop and smeared it on her sister,” the dad-of-three wrote. 

"I didn't teach her to do that. I want to get this across right now, because I'm not taking credit for my child's poop handling. She figured that out herself."

Describing the scene, Clint recalls how his seven-year-old ran into the house crying (totally understandable) while Aspen chased after her. 

Not really knowing what had happened in the time it took him to get the garden tool, Clint explained he knew it had something to do with dog poop.

But then Aspen fell, and Clint was left with the tough decision of going to her at the risk of getting dog poop all over him, or "forget he has a daughter". 

"Sometimes your kids are sick and dripping snot, and they come at you like Jabba The Hut asking Princess Leia for a kiss, and you pause for a moment, wondering if this whole parenting gig is really for you. Ultimately you kiss them, though," he wrote. 

"You always do. And sometimes they handle dog poop and cut their knee, and it's your job to make them right again.

"So I did it.

"I cleaned her hands and her cut, her screaming the whole time, me crying on the inside. I sat her on my lap, all the while trying desperately not to get poop on me, but failing.

"No one gave me an award. Chances are, she won't even remember this moment. But I know I did the right thing."

Well, no one said being a parent would be easy (or clean)!

Have you ever found yourself in this kind of situation?