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Sweet potoatoes... after the fact.
When I became pregnant, I knew that my life would never be the same. I would never come home and wonder what I was going to do with all of my free-time tonight.
I underestimated the humility lessons that come with having a baby.
The day Niko was born, a large portion my self-pride when right out the window. Childbirth is not a beautiful process – it’s a wet, ugly, painful marathon. By the time it’s over, you have shown your “privates” to everyone with a name badge.
We knew we were in trouble when Niko had peed on both DH and I within the first 2 hours of his life. Our first attempt at diapering resulted in DH being peed on again, a wardrobe change and the realization we had no idea what we were doing.
Motherhood is wetter than I had anticipated. I have been peed, puked, snotted, sneezed, pooped and drooled on. My personal favorite is having breastmilk thrown up all over my hair and down my back… at the store.
I was at Target getting Niko’s two month photos when I took him out of his infant seat in the cart poop was dripping off his back. The woman behind me gasped and gagged. It’s amazing how much poop can come out of something that only weighs 10 pounds. It looked like I was marinating him in a sauce there was so much in the car seat.
The photo above was another favorite moment of mine. I woke to Niko babbling in his crib just like he does most mornings. I looked down at him and saw that he was covered in an orange stain. I honestly thought he had thrown up the sweet potatoes he ate the night before. But no, it was not throw up… it was “processed” sweet potatoes and it was everywhere. Yea… he was rubbing his face in it. Gross.
I never thought I would be so comfortable picking boogers out of someone else’s nose or happy to have poop to clean-up (nothing is worse than a constipated baby.)
It’s like a special club that I have just been accepted into. I know it’s gross, but I love swapping poop, pee, throw-up or booger stories with other moms.
I’m sure it’s just the beginning of nasty stories I’ll horrify Niko’s future dates with.
DD now 11 used to get constipated when she was teething....lucky me, she liked prune juice. I needed to go to the store,I really should have left her home with her dad. She came uncorked in the check out at Piggly Wiggly. Very loud, wet stinky farts. By the time I got her to the car,it was starting to run out of the carseat.....the one the stores provide. I used her wipes to clean it up and wrapped a plastic grocery bag around her butt. Needless to say,she went straight in the tub when we got home.I have had more than my fair share this past week with the 3 youngest being sick. Nothing like trying to carefully removed diapers where it just pools inside of it, and you end up slinging the mess all over the living room rug, ick.Ahhh...the memories! Glad that diaper days are long behind me. Of course, now that I have a potty-trained toddler I still get the embarassment of him shouting (not telling me quietly) "I gotta pee" or "I gotta poop" or " I just farted" while in public places. He can't just tell me he has to potty, we have to be descriptive.great blog! hilarious! Those days are not far behind me - the best though, is when little junior is all clean and smelling like baby magic - that, IMO, is the best smell EVER!This is hilarious! How about the fun of cleaning up the toys that also got messed by what dd calls "ICKY!" Like the Exersaucer, the electronic toys that have little creases and crevices, the bouncy seat, etc... I am also a veteran of hosing down the car seat and cursing the manufacturer for them making the padding so difficult to remove.And just you wait: sooner or later they figure out how to remove their diapers! Usually its a #2 diaper.My dd was never too bad but she did throw up in my sisters mouth, did big wet sneezes right in one of our faces and had acid reflux for a few monthsMy DS 17 threw up all over his floor last night. I can't wait to get home to that! I would gladly trade that for a poopy diaper--even an overflowing one!
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