The fact that I was just about to say "this morning.." is itself a big change. Till about 4 months ago 4am and near-about would be logged as "last night" in my books. But no more. Those tables turned sometime back.
Moving on. This morning's diaper change turned quite interesting. It started off routinely. I got the little girl on the changing pad - which is lined with changing pad cover replete with thick waterproof lining - and also an additional second layer I add as a just-in-case measure. I got the girl to the changing pad. She was fussing a little bit, and I thought that must be because she's just very sleepy. (Kids are strange that way.. They get fussy also when they're sleepy. I'm sure veteran parents would wonder what's strange about that- that's as well known a fact as the earth is round. But it used to amuse me somewhat initially. I used to think, what's so difficult about sleeping? I mean, shouldn't it be hard wired in us.. Feel sleepy? Sleep! Feel like pooping? Poop! Anyhow, I digress)
So, I was changing the little girl. I removed the old diaper. Turned to dispose it. Turned back. And came face to face with a mustard yellow pool about 4-5 inches in diameter on the changing pad. I yelped in surprise! But then I have that extra layer of cover just for such occasions. I actually felt pretty smug about myself for that instant! All I have to do is remove this small cover that can be washed separately, and continue as usual.
I proceeded to open a new diaper, looked up, and was facing yet another 5 inches in diameter mustard yellow puddle. You have to be a newborn parent to get a clear understanding of what exactly mustard yellow color is.. Even if you're an artist or otherwise consider yourself an connoisseur of colors.
By this time, I was laughing so hard at the irony of my own smugness, that Raj woke up from his sleep to ask what happened. The little girl was looking at me with mischeveous eyes. We're sharing the puddle joke together it seems. Also seemed like the joke was totally on me.
By this time I gave up on the usual rituals of applying protective diaper creme et cetera and hastily switched my strategy to containment.
Never know what surprises you find these days!
well well this is something we experience almost every day, we figured our little one poops better when we hold his legs up during diaperchange so we, as in both me and Sai holds his legs up in air for about 5 minutes before removing the diaper... anyways it doesn't guarantee that he won't mess up the new diaper as soon as we tie it up ...but good luck with the next diaper change
ReplyDeleteLOL I think what totally got me was how silent the whole thing was.. like poof.. and it suddenly appeared :)
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