Isn't it great when babies learn new skills? It's so magical.
Except, maybe, when they learn how to take off their own diaper, while they are crawling around the living room and you are in the kitchen. Because you're hastily packing up snacks for a long day of doctor appointments and it's TIME TO GO and then you turn around and- oh look! Little Mister has learned how to take off His diaper. Which was full of poo. And He has crawled right over it, like a monster truck going over a mud pile, and distributed it- two elbows and two knees at a time- around the whole. room. Magical. And then Miss (who is practically phobic about getting dirty) steps in it, freaks out, and RUNS. What would you do, Peanuts? What do you wash first? You have three minutes to get out the door into car seats. GO.
Bathe and dress two kids, wash out the cloth diaper, keep the third kid out of the monster truck arena, clean the entire living/dining/kitchen floor, start the washer, pack up snacks, bags, coloring books, WASH YOUR HANDS, buckle them in- under five minutes.
Like I said. Isn't it great when moms learn new skills?
Except, maybe, when they learn how to take off their own diaper, while they are crawling around the living room and you are in the kitchen. Because you're hastily packing up snacks for a long day of doctor appointments and it's TIME TO GO and then you turn around and- oh look! Little Mister has learned how to take off His diaper. Which was full of poo. And He has crawled right over it, like a monster truck going over a mud pile, and distributed it- two elbows and two knees at a time- around the whole. room. Magical. And then Miss (who is practically phobic about getting dirty) steps in it, freaks out, and RUNS. What would you do, Peanuts? What do you wash first? You have three minutes to get out the door into car seats. GO.
Bathe and dress two kids, wash out the cloth diaper, keep the third kid out of the monster truck arena, clean the entire living/dining/kitchen floor, start the washer, pack up snacks, bags, coloring books, WASH YOUR HANDS, buckle them in- under five minutes.
Like I said. Isn't it great when moms learn new skills?
You ARE magical indeed!
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