by Whitney Barthel posted in Parenting

I have had my fair share of terrible roommate moments. Like when my one roommate let the dog poop and pee in my carpeted bedroom while I was on vacation for two whole weeks. Or that time my other roommate did not do a single dish for an entire year.
Lately, my kids have been doing things that make my ex-roommates look like a bunch of saints.

A recently trending BabyCenter Community thread features horror stories of roommates past, and I can?t help but think, gee this is a whole lot like living with a toddler.
Here are 5 telling similarities.

1. They eat your expensive sh*t without asking. I buy the nice syrup -- like the stuff that costs twenty bucks for a tiny little container. It?s a weakness. So I heavily monitor how much my husband and kids use, because I am mean like that. Two mornings ago, I walked into the kitchen to find George, my 3-year-old, standing in front of the open fridge drinking it...straight out of the container.
2. They?re gross. One BabyCenter mom shared a story of a past roommate, ?When it came time for him to move out, I inspected his room to make sure he cleaned it well enough. I found little yellow hard things all over one wall. I asked him about it, and he said that sometimes when he was lying in bed and picking his nose he would be too lazy to get up and get a tissue. So... he would flick his boogers at the wall.?
Earlier this week I noticed hard yellow things all over my white dresser. Upon further ins...