She was on the other side of the room, grunting and kicking on her back; I was thinking, "I'm going to have to change a diaper soon." I turned away to wait for her to finish, and a moment later I felt a tug on my leg.
She had crawled over, picked up the wipes and a clean diaper, and brought them over to me.
She just turned 10 months old. I remember when she couldn't even roll over...
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Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
*is impressed*
perhaps we need to get your daughter and my youngest son together (not that he's that smart... he's just the right age)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Isn't "diaper awareness" not supposed to come until later?
(Although, my aunt did crawl over and sit on her big brother's potty chair every time she needed to do a diaper, even wet it, at 11 months...)
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
wow... impressive
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
My almost two year old son is fascinated with the toilet. He loves to flush it, and he wants to sit on it whenever he's in the bathroom. We've had him on there before his bath, and he's actually gone once or twice, although I don't think he has much control over it yet. Mostly, he likes to grab a piece of toilet paper and drop it in the toilet. That constitutes going potty.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I love it!
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
It took so long to get Daniel potty trained I was starting to despair. We were asking the doctor if maybe his hypotonia had something to do with it, and the doc said he didn't think so, just be patient.
Well, he was right, one day he just decided he'd do it, told us all that he wasn't going to mess up his pants ever again and to this day I haven't had to change an accident.
What a relief, 4 kids and nearly 11 years solid of changing diapers. Finally over.
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Yeah -- I begin to despair a little bit over Mooselet sometimes, but with eight surgeries under his belt (half of those literally, if he wore a belt), the doc said it wouldn't be at all unreasonable for the trauma to push back his learning schedule.
Very cute, though, kq.
Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
That is one smart baby, kq!
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Hmmm. Is she smart, or a Monk in the making? hee hee. That is too cute.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote:What a relief, 4 kids and nearly 11 years solid of changing diapers.
I think my heart just stopped.
edit: Oh, there it goes.
[ February 10, 2005, 07:28 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Well, Ralphie, relax. At least she didn't say eleven years of changing solid diapers.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
You all made me spit wine!
I love the kid-story threads! The adult reactions are priceless!
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote:Well, Ralphie, relax. At least she didn't say eleven years of changing solid diapers.
An equally terrifying prospect.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Not merely "equally." Trust me on this.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Actually, Rivka, wouldn't you agree that solid is preferable to explosive?
(Sorry, Ralphie. It is all worth it. Really.)
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Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
Solid is much, much preferable to explosive, or runny.
My goodness, by the time Unborn Babyzilla potty trains, I'll have put in at least as many years as Belle. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
My favorite is the 15 minute diaper change when they're really little-- you know, every time you change a diaper, they do it again right as you are about to fasten the new one? Explosively and all over you, them, and the changing pad? Then you try to wash it off, and they make a mess of the sink or tub...
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
I need to qualify that there was close to a one year break. Natalie potty trained very late, and Emily was born when Nat was 4 and a half. So it was almost four years with Natalie, then a short break, then two and a half years with Emily alone. Almost got her potty trained when the twins were born, then she reverted back to needing a diaper all the time. So I had three in diapers for about, say six months. Then Emily was trained, and then it was 2 and a half years with two in diapers, then Abigail got trained, and Daniel took an additional year and a half beyond his sister.
You can understand why I was getting worried with him - I was afraid he'd turn five and still be in diapers! I still think the hypotonia may have had something to do with it, because it was a like a light switch - one day he was consistently having accidents then the very next morning he woke up and said he wouldn't do it anymore and hasn't messed up once since. He's even nighttime trained, I'm completely diaper/pull-up/night time pants free and it feels WONDERFUL. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
When my daughter was born, my husband would change her. It would take me about five seconds. It would take him fifteen to twenty minutes. She was always happy on the changing table, and they had this special bonding time. (OK, thanks, I am all teary now)
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
If they're really solid, though, they have a tendency to roll out of the diaper when you take it off.
But solid is much much much better than runny.
I remember one of those horrible times when the poopies got everywhere--down both legs, up the back, and all over the clothes, his and mine. So I strip him, wet-wipe him all over, and then let go of him to gather up all the soiled stuff and lug it to the bathroom. Meanwhile, he toddles into the living room. I drop the bundle on the bathroom floor and run to catch him. And there he is, standing entranced, the urine making a perfect arc through the air before soaking into the carpet. Aaaugh! I grab 20 pounds of peeing little boy and run in the bathroom, where I manage to step on the pile of soiled clothing before getting him into the tub.
At that point, you either have steam coming out of your ears or you are laughing hysterically. Hopefully you are laughing. It makes a great story for later that evening. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
The weird thing is, I could never really smell baby poo in those days. Now, when I walk into a house of babies, I am bowled over with the stink.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
My son amazed me yesterday.
My parents took us to a chocolate festival at a local winery.
Thier entertainment was Caribean dancers. Why? I don't know.
Sasha was watching the dancers. One dance involved a lone man shaking his groove thing while three young ladies surrounded him and were shaking their groove things basically in his lap.
When they were done Sasha looked up at me and asked, "Can I dance with the girls next?"
I think every guy in the place was asking the same thing.
Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :
kq, your kid is a genius, a genius I say! (I love to tell parents that, it makes them happy, and it's true!) I wish CR showed any kind of interest in the potty at that age. Like many other parents on this board, I thought he'd never be potty-trained. *grmbl* He's got it down now, though.
Now for my brag: (I tried to find the Parent Brag thread we had going, but the search wouldn't let me) Yesterday I was worried about our dog Rocky because his eyelids were swollen and so was his nose. I cautioned CR to leave him alone because Rocky might be grumpy about it. CR got his ukelele and serenaded Rocky with a soft song titled (wait for it...) "I'm sorry about your infection". It was fantastic.
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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Dan! What a great story!
(Edit to add: I'm really laughing with you, cause Nathan has had similar experiences, and he's now 11 and I'm approaching terrified.)
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Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
afr...I have BTDT. The one good thing about girls, they don't arc.
Dan-Raven.....that's some buy.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I don't know about not arcing; it may depend on the angle. I was checking Emma's bath water one night, when all of a sudden I felt something wet on my leg and foot. Thinking that I must have splashed myself, I looked down, to see baby pee arcing across the room and hitting me. My husband had apparently taken off the diaper a little prematurely...
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
*smile* Sophie's just started this week to flip over while we're changing her diaper to pull off the caterpillar wall sticker just above her head. That's as close to rolling on her tummy as she'll get, although she's most proficient at rolling right over as soon as I try to put her on her tummy.
Explosive diapers are definitely the worst. The ones that fill the entire diaper and there's no way to clean her off without changing her outfit as well.
That said, we haven't really had any truly solid diapers.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Well, Christy, the positive aspect of the explosive, breastmilk-fed baby poo is its lack of a terrible odor. As things solidify, the air around the diaper becomes more deadly.
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
I thought explosive diapers were bad when my kids were babies, pre-toddler. But it was far worse changing Rainbow after a diaper explosion while she was in her cast following hip surgery when she was 18 mths. It was only really bad because it soiled the cast, which got seriously whiff by the time it was taken off. They offer to let you keep the cast when it's taken off, but I was just as happy to decline. Ewww. It was really gross.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
True. Same principle as a neutron star, I think. The closer you get to the object, the more infinitely it smells.
Although the explosions can be pretty stinky too. They cover more surface area, yielding more stink per square inch.
There are few more loving acts that I can perform as a husband than cleaning up an explosion. Kid goes in the bathtub, clothes are peeled off. Plastic gloves go on, and raw material on clothes gets scrubbed off in the toilet. Kid gets scrubbed next, then dressed. Wet, dirty clothes go in washing machine. Daddy then gets washed up. Greater love hath no man than this. Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
quote: Greater love hath no man than this.
This is so very true.
Especially the man who will do it in the middle of the night.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Isn't it odd how the idea of what is sexy changes after you have kids? AFR, that just turned me on, man! Ha ha.
Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
Yep. the ultimatye in foreplay is for my husband to bathe, story and get the kids to sleep, while I relax.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
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(not that he's that smart... he's just the right age)
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I love it!
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Dan! What a great story!