11:35: hear suspicious sound emanating from baby. Discover major poop blowout. Take 15 min to clean fallout. 11:50: lift baby to put on clean outfit and feel tell-tale warmth on butt. Change diaper again and dress baby. 12:05 Baby becomes fussy. Discover pee leak-out. Change diaper and outfit again....That seems to be my daughter's life right now. I had forgotten how much a parent's life revolved around a baby's butt...
And back here in Grandma's land the other shoe has dropped: the furloughs the agency was dodging have proved to be unavoidable and the paycheck is going to shrink painfully each payday for a while. Fa. Guess that takes care of the kayak I was looking at. I can use an occasional day off but having the money to do something would be nice.
I really don't miss the "laden-diaper" phase, but it was worth it. Of course, it's easy to say that now. :)
ReplyDeleteRe: the unpaid furlough ... sorry.
And then there's the moments where you haven't even had time to get the next diaper on there...
DeleteYa know what Federal employees are not going to be furloughed?
ReplyDeleteCongress-critters and their ilk.
Sorry to hear; I suspect my turn's coming up.
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Oh, don't you know it. Their perks won't be affected, either.
DeleteShe's just begun to earn her Mom merit badge.
ReplyDeleteThere's still the next 18 to 24 years.
Or forever, which is what I'm discovering parenthood is.
DeleteSorry to hear that (and the poopy butt)... You will survive them both!
ReplyDeleteDaddy gets to deal with it when he gets home from work. Hilarity ensues...
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