The Diaper Chronicles

August 7, 2007 @ 12:42 pm by Pressed

The good thing about Mother in-laws (MILs) is their desire to help with the baby and to show those who are new to parenthood how to do certain things (or in this case how not to do things!)  Many new parents learn by trial and error. They try something, it fails miserably, and so they try something different the next time until finally something works.  In my mother in-laws case she showed us how not to change a diaper.

Josiah was laying on the bed in the hospital while my MIL was trying to change him.  Having had a boy of her own I would have thought that she would know the ins and outs of changing a little boy.  She pulled off his diaper without thinking and as soon as the cool air flowed into the unmentionable areas of baby Josiah a solid stream of pee went flying into the air like a fountain.  The stream shot straight up into my MIL’s face and unfortunately she had her mouth open at the time.  It was in her eyes, up her nose, in her mouth, in her hair, on her shirt, and she was so embarrassed that she grabbed the baby’s clean diaper and covered her face with it.  (Speaking of embarrassing… don’t tell her where you heard this story *wink* *wink*).

This was a major highlight in my week.  Every time someone new would come in to see the baby I would say, “tell them the story about how Josiah peed in your face!”  That is one moment in time I won’t soon forget!

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