Daddy changing diepers
Posted by helmut
Or is it diapers?
Warning! Spoiler for single males. Please wait until you experience the wonders of diaper changing until you have your own :).
So it finally happened… the first time I was grossed out by changing a diaper. I wanted to let go of all my breakfast, lunch and dinner at once (and keep in mind that I hadn’t eaten dinner yet!) But lets go back a few months back…
[16 months earlier]
Hayden was only 2 months old and the idea of changing diapers was still an excitement moment in m life, without having a lot of practice little by little I was becoming better and better at changing those little bags that wrap around your babies little hinnies called diapers.
[14 months earlier]
Ah, I still remember like it was yesterday the first time our youngest one was laying down on the changing table and playing with his little toy. Laughing and making little baby noises, when all of the sudden I yelled
“OH NO!”
What happened? -said Kari from the living room
“Humm… he is…”
Yes?
“Peeing!!!!”
What do you do? Do you cover the baby? Do you let the baby do his business or Do you try to cover your body from getting some of those wonderful body fluids that the piece of you is releasing out to the air? If they say that Pilots have to have quick reflexes, sign me up! Those are moments are intense and require quick descision and precision.
Needless to say I wasnt expecting it, I thought it was just some sort of issue that only happened at the movies, but that it wasn’t for real. The worse part is that you cover every angle as best as you can and when you think it is time to go down there and check that everything is fine, you only get a second round, and this time hopefully your reflexes are as sharp as a needle.
After that moment everytime I had to change our baby I was trying to be careful but the thing is that you never know when it is going to happen. Did it happen again? You bet! this time my wife was wise enough to let me know that i was taking too long in changing him and that is why this was happening. So after that I started changing our baby faster and faster. Until it didnt happen anymore.
I dont know if he was just testing me or if it is for reals that you need to change your baby faste enough or they will get you, either way I don’t take my chances anymore.
[2 days ago]
By this time I have changed plenty of diapers of all colors, sizes, weights and smells, but never like it happened 2 days ago. Because this blog is rated FA (For All) I will spear you from the details, but it was the first time that I thought I wasn’t going to survive. Well, I did (I’m writing this blog right?).
Why do we have to change diapers? Why do we have to create tools to make it easier and less smelly? I am not sure but I remember I read once in a book about how it is a special time and opportunity to be able to change a diaper, and that it just brings you closer to your baby. How can poop bring you closer? you say. Well at the moment I was reading the book I was asking myself the same question, but in the end it is as described in that book. Having the opportunity to change the diaper and have that moment with your child are things that no one will ever take away. Changing a diaper is one of the small things we have to do as a parent and in exchange we get to spend hours, days and if God willing years of taking, playing and enjoying everyone as a family.