Motherhood is not for the faint of heart. Pictures like the one above may give pregnant women feelings of comfort and serenity but it's not realistic. Mothering small children has lots to do with waste management and little to do with pastel bedding.Yesterday was one of those waste management days. Like I said, mothering is not for the faint of heart. It is also not for the weak of stomach. Elijah doesn't dirty his diaper on a regular basis. For several days he is so easy, just wetting his diaper. Other days he turns into the poop-o-matic. Oh yeah. Yesterday was a poop-o-matic day. You don't want all the details but I will tell you that I finally gave him a bath after lunch. Not because he had pooped again, but simply because his entire body stunk. He let up after his bath and hasn't dirtied his diaper (or his highchair, or his clothes, or his bed) since yesterday.
Every time Elijah does this I think, "Oh yeah. Several days of not pooping means one day of pooping like crazy." But I forget inbetween. If I had the presence of mind to remember, I would be sure to put him in tee shirts and not onesies and I would not pick him up without checking his back for excess poop from his diaper. Gross!!!
6 comments:
WHEW!!! I remember those days. Explosions are always fun. You learn to not be squeamish for sure after you become a mother. I think God just does us a solid and turns off the weak stomach, because it never bothers me!!
Thanks for a new post, I think. ;)
Good to see you back...
not so good to hear about poop!
But I DO REMEMBER those days!!! I actually CUT onesies OFF babies because it just wasn't worth it.
That's UGH.
I don't have kids, but I do remember having to dogsit for a length of time for a dog who had it coming out both ends pretty much every day... INSIDE the house. I had to learn non-squeamishness REAL FAST. At that time, I remember thinking, "Okay, I probably CAN handle the baby diapers one day." Maybe that's the purpose of morning sickness. It gets you used to bodily fluids.
Ha HA!! Amanda, all I can say is that I have not one, but two "every-other-dayers" so I know very well what poop is all about. I fully agree that motherhood is NOT for the faint of heart. I was changing Riley and it was one of those diapers, and as a result I got it all over my self but didn't even flinch. What's the point? Once he's changed, I get to do the same thing over again on Wesley. But I wouldn't trade a thing!! Love this post!
awesome. ^_^
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