why, oh, why?!

*DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE A WEAK STOMACH*

so...
let me tell you all about the wonderful experience i had this evening, and let me also let this be a warning to you new moms out there who may read this.
i have a four year old as many of you know.
he has been potty trained since he was under three years of age. he wore a pull up at night up until about christmas, but that was more for my sake and not because he actually needed to be wearing one. occasionally we have a problem with him having an accident but it's few and far between. i never get mad. it's a part of childhood. i don't believe he will grow up and have a continuing issue. and that really has nothing to do with this particular story...
so, daylee is potty trained, which means that he gets his potty helper on the toilet(all by himself), uses the toilet, wipes, flushes and washes his hands(all by himself). i am really proud. he knows how to wipe his booty without using too much toilet tissue or leaving, ahem, poo behind. there has been times when it's not fully clean, but hey, he's 4 not 44. i figure, he may be little but he needs to learn to do these things for himself because i don't plan on wiping his ass forever!
so tonight he says, "mommy, i have to poop." so i say, "go to the bathroom."
so as usual he uses the restroom and when he comes out he's bare backed and asking for underwear and pants, and i'm like, "dear Lord, please, please help me!"
i go into the bathroom and see poop smeared all over the toilet, on the floor, on the sink and before i can tell him not to touch a thing, he's playing in his toy box, after he's found himself underwear and pants. ugh!
so, i spent hours, literally hours cleaning with bleach. i soaked all his toys in a tub of bleach water, scrubbed the floors, the tub, the sink, all the bedding, daylee's clothes and his dresser had to be washed off. it was horrible. i even had to clip daylee's nails to get the poop from under them out. disgusting, i am very aware. now, i'm praying, wishing and hoping that he does not wake up with pink eye(and i hope i don't either).
so, to all you new mommies, look out, you're in for lots of evening spent cleaning lots of crusty poop from toys, clothing, tubs, sinks, floors.
i'm so glad that i got everything cleaned and shiny, but the fear is in me. keep us in your prayers!