Number One
Simon is good at one thing.
Within a few minutes of being born, on the cleanup table, he tried to pee on the nurse. A little fountain of youth.
For the first few days, he seemed to be saving his pee for diaper changes.
As experienced parents we know to cover his wee-wee with a cloth when we take his diaper off. The doctor's realizing that this takes all the fun out of being a baby boy, changed the routine from Trevor's babyhood. We need to squeeze a liberal amount of Vaseline on Simon's wee-wee at every diaper change for a week. You can see where this is going. You can't liberally squeeze Vaseline on his wee-wee AND cover it with a cloth at the same time. So, the typical 3AM changing goes something like this.
1) Lay Simon on pad.
2) Get supplies - diaper pail, new diaper, cloth, wet wipes, Aquaphor (butt polish), Vaseline.
3) Put cloth over Simon's tummy.
4) Open dirty diaper.
5) Wipe up bright red bum. Crying starts here. Poor guy.
6) Put dirty diaper in pail.
7) Put clean diaper under Simon.
8) Apply butt polish to bum with fingers.
9) Clean fingers with wet wipe.
10) Grab Vaseline tube.
11) Lift cloth and Apply Vaseline
12) Gasp in horror as Simon pees on your shirt, his outfit, etc.
13) Quickly cover his wee-wee with the cloth smearing Vaseline on the cloth, his thigh etc.
14) Chuck the cloth in the pail
15) Use several wet wipes to clean up the mess.
16) Put dirty diaper #2 in pail
17) Put clean diaper #2 under Simon
18) Apply Vaseline
19) Close diaper
20) Change Simon's outfit.
21) Change your clothes
22) Hold Simon until he is happy.
Not-the-momma
Within a few minutes of being born, on the cleanup table, he tried to pee on the nurse. A little fountain of youth.
For the first few days, he seemed to be saving his pee for diaper changes.
As experienced parents we know to cover his wee-wee with a cloth when we take his diaper off. The doctor's realizing that this takes all the fun out of being a baby boy, changed the routine from Trevor's babyhood. We need to squeeze a liberal amount of Vaseline on Simon's wee-wee at every diaper change for a week. You can see where this is going. You can't liberally squeeze Vaseline on his wee-wee AND cover it with a cloth at the same time. So, the typical 3AM changing goes something like this.
1) Lay Simon on pad.
2) Get supplies - diaper pail, new diaper, cloth, wet wipes, Aquaphor (butt polish), Vaseline.
3) Put cloth over Simon's tummy.
4) Open dirty diaper.
5) Wipe up bright red bum. Crying starts here. Poor guy.
6) Put dirty diaper in pail.
7) Put clean diaper under Simon.
8) Apply butt polish to bum with fingers.
9) Clean fingers with wet wipe.
10) Grab Vaseline tube.
11) Lift cloth and Apply Vaseline
12) Gasp in horror as Simon pees on your shirt, his outfit, etc.
13) Quickly cover his wee-wee with the cloth smearing Vaseline on the cloth, his thigh etc.
14) Chuck the cloth in the pail
15) Use several wet wipes to clean up the mess.
16) Put dirty diaper #2 in pail
17) Put clean diaper #2 under Simon
18) Apply Vaseline
19) Close diaper
20) Change Simon's outfit.
21) Change your clothes
22) Hold Simon until he is happy.
Not-the-momma
posted by More Paul, Less Andrea | 7:57 AM
3 Comments:
Wow 22 steps to change a diaper. things have really gotten more complicated.
Oh the paybacks....guess how many you did that to me :-). I remember the first time. You got me,you,the clean diaper.. and mom and dads comforter...ooopppsss. I was fortunate mine were all in daylight thought,(not that it helps getting out of the way quick enough...you just know where it is coming from faster).... not in the middle of the night....that was moms time :->.
It gave me good experience for my boys though.I got very good at blocking.
Sounds like you guys are having a 'wonderful' time.
Big Sis, Cathy
ah, yes, I remember that. but I thought girls were worse because they flood the area ...
;)
Paul, Your mother recalls that this is the way you greeted your
sisters when they first met you.
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