My mom always said you know you’re a parent when you find yourself discussing poop with others – and they aren’t disgusted by the conversation. I have found myself recently in a few of these conversations and a few situations that have reminded me of this. Most recently this morning, mid-diaper change Jr decided he wasn’t quite done filling the diaper. Unfortunately it was after I had already pulled the old diaper away and before I could get the new one under him. Let me just say that when you think you can “catch” what you thought wouldn’t amount to much in a wipe – you would be wrong. Post diaper change I ended up cleaning the ENTIRE changing table on the pack n play. My son during this experience was laughing… then entire time! I don’t know if I should be thankful that it wasn’t just breast milk or not. Either way – it would have been a poopy situation. ;). Although now that he’s started solids it’s also surprising how excited I’ve gotten over a poopy diaper. You know that sudden lack of 5 poopy diapers a day down to one every day or every day, either way you find yourself worrying and once that dirty diaper arrives you look at yourself and think, “Man, I’m weird I’m excited over poop.”
It’s amazing the things that you find yourself talking about with others as a new parent. Dirty diapers aside, I’ve found that as a new mom of a boy I seem to be constantly asking my husband or moms of other boys “Does this look NORMAL?” Or “Is this supposed to look like this?” Most of the time my husband will shrug his shoulders and laugh, or give me a weird look on his face and walk off. Other moms of little boys will smile and say “I use to ask the same thing, yes it is”. I found that this was happening more when Jr was a small baby.
Speaking of solids earlier… You find that as they get the food your trying to get them to eat all over the place as being totally cute (until they are done with it and you have to clean up the mess – but that feeling passes quickly between meals) however about the age of 4 that “cuteness” is no longer allowed. Unless of course they are eating pudding and have only have gotten it all over their face and not the table. Other wise – that behavior is TOTALLY unacceptable… Also, Jr has taken to “playing” with his food already. He thinks it’s funny to grin at me after I put a spoonful of *insert any of the foods he’s eaten so far here* into his mouth then he will slowly push it back out of his mouth. I can scoop the food off of his face, and “reinsert” and he will eat some of it but it becomes a game. (And for those of you who will say I am force feeding my child... I know the difference between when he is really finished with his food and when he is playing) There have been a few bib and clothes casualties to this game because I didn’t realize he was “playing it” and turned my head to do something else.
You know, re-reading what I have typed here: discussing poopy diapers, the “Is this normal?” questions and the messes that children and babies make, I think Jess is right. This is all points to the fact I am really a parent now!
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