FYI

My sister-in-law had a baby just a few months after our child #2 and wished to return to work, so (as I recall it) one day simply dropped the child off on her way to work in the morning with a lunch and a stash of diapers.

And then I had three.

This wasn't SO bad--the girls liked to play together and I finally figured out how to safely get 3 children under age 2 from the minivan into Target and back again (FYI--children NEVER stay by your side in a parking lot unless tethered)
But one day a year or so later I was cleaning the bathrooms and left a large (BJ's sized) canister of Comet cleanser on the hip wall in our living room--I was headed down to clean the downstairs bathroom when the phone rang. Simply put, after answering the phone, I emptied the dishwasher, started cooking dinner, broke up a toddler fight, vacuumed the hall. . .and basically forgot that I had left the can in child reach. So I was making up beds when I heard giggling (FYI--giggling and silence are equally dangerous while in the presence of unattended children) I went to investigate and as I entered the kitchen I noticed a kind of haze in the air and it smelled clean. Really clean. And NOT in a good way. Kind of like how some men who like to crop dust in their cologne smell "really good".
So the girls have heard me coming and scattered--(FYI--if you want to catch them in the act it's better NOT to yell "What's going on down there?" before going to investigate). I'm looking around trying to figure out what they've done this time, and I notice the Comet canister on the floor in the living room. I pick it up and realize it's empty. Now, a person of normal intelligence would have realized immediately that the children have dumped the entire canister out thus creating the lovely bleachy smell and the green haze in the air--but clearly I'm not of normal intelligence (FYI--brain cells leak out with amniotic fluid) so I actually had the conscious thought-"Wow, I didn't realize I had used all the Comet I JUST bought this one--note to self--put Comet on the shopping list" It took me a few moments to realize exactly what had happened. And did I mention our living room is carpeted? And the carpet is dark red? And that Comet Cleanser contains bleach?
It took me 5 years to work up the nerve to steam clean that carpet.

FYI-5 years of regular vacuuming is NOT enough time to get an entire canister of Comet cleanser out of dark red (now slightly rose colored) carpeting.