Josh the Poo Bazooka Gets a Cleanin' from Auntie Kat

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Would you believe that before today, I’ve NEVER changed a diaper before?

Yeah. Pretty amazing. I’ve managed to escape cleaning baby bottoms for 30 years. But now, with the advent of Josh, my time has come. My number was called. There was no escaping.

Luckily, it wasn’t what people keep calling a “blow out.” Doesn’t that just sound like tire trouble on the freeway? I think it was Dan who described one such blow out where it managed to escape the diaper and explode out all the way up the child’s back and into her hair.

...Like I said, I’m lucky Josh didn’t have a blow out. I think that would have stopped any future “bazooka cleaning” excursions.

Anyway, it wasn’t nearly as horrifying as expected. I’m not saying it wasn’t traumatic seeing stuff that looked vaguely like curried cottage cheese all up in the diaper, but there were thankfully many layers of “stuff” in between it and me: diaper, wipes, another diaper, latex gloves, goggles for eye protection (in case of said blow out), smock, rubber apron, those yellow full-body protection suits + helmets they had in the movie Outbreak… Yeah, I was ready!

So now I’ve officially wiped a baby’s bottom.

And boy do I feel accomplished.

Now why did people want me to do this so badly again?

1. heh heh heh. . . (^v^)

   Posted by  on  04/13  at  05:20 PM

2. it’s far less gross when it’s your own kid’s backside.  although even then, it can be pretty gross if you start recognizing what he/she ate.

   Posted by  on  04/14  at  04:23 AM

3. It’s nice that you’re getting hands on training, though.  I hadn’t even touched a baby in years before a friend of a friend had me hold her baby the other week.  I think they were laughing inside as I gingerly inspected it.  Cute little aliens.

   Posted by  on  04/14  at  10:02 AM

4. Sis, aliens burst out of your chest...there’s nothing cute about that.

   Posted by  on  04/14  at  02:46 PM

5. LOL.  Did it smell like yogurt?

   Posted by Ramone  on  04/16  at  06:08 AM

6. You’re ahead of me. Sophia was about 2 weeks old before I EVER changed ANYONE’S poopy diaper. Leslie did ALL the diaper duty up until that point. Isn’t he a stud?

   I’m now into the realm of wiping someone else’s butt after the potty. Wheeeee....

   Posted by laura  on  04/17  at  08:03 PM