It’s been a LONNNNG time since I’ve written my blog but life has been a bit crazy with the whole being a mom thing… Following a pretty rough pregnancy and 9 months of morning sickness I was blessed with a happy, healthy baby boy. Who is a VERY good baby. Now I would like to apologize to 90 percent of moms out there for saying this but……… my baby has slept through the night since birth. I know, I know. I just went ahead and jinxed it.
Since it’s been a solid five months since I have written anything I figured I needed a really interesting first topic. After careful consideration I decided I was going to tackle my most recent mom experience….
SOLID FOOD DIAPERS
First off, YUCK!
My whole life I’ve grown up surrounded by younger siblings and cousins. I have changed hundreds of diapers before changing my sons. Dirty diapers are dirty diapers. Gross but tolerable. The past five months we have had some pretty horrible smelling diapers but again not my first rodeo when it comes to dirty diapers. This past weekend we gave my son baby cereal for the first time and expected some changes in the consistency and smell with the change in his diet. No changes… Two days ago we gave him a small amount of pureed avocado and well what I experienced was completely and utterly horrifying!
It started off as just a normal Monday. I woke up and went to work. The day started off with an ton of snow outside but the sun was shining and it put a smile on my face. That right there told me it was going to be a good day… I picked up baby and went home to feed him before his nap. About two minutes into the feeding his face got red and the grunting started. I felt a couple little farts as he looked up at me with a big smile. As the feeding continued I noticed something in the air and thought to myself…….
When was the last time someone took out the garbage?
Does the litter box need to be changed?
Could my husband have forgotten to flush?
Has a wild animal crawled into our garbage disposal and died?
As I crossed off all the above I looked down at the sweet, innocent little bundle of joy in my arms and came to the horrifying conclusion… My child has produced the most toxic smell I have ever inhaled in my life..
I quickly ran upstairs to change him… I noticed my palms were getting clammy, sweat dripping from my forehead, tears flowing down my face. How can I change this diaper when I’m about thirty seconds away from fainting.. I looked around the room, called out for help… NOTHING. This was up to me to take care of and only me..
I took my time and opened the diaper very slowly… As the paint started to peel of the walls and my cats doused themselves in the bath tub with hopes of getting the smell out of their fur…. I grabbed that diaper like a ninja wrapped it tight and buried it deep inside the Diaper Genie.
The smell was contained.
Turns out my little babe loves avocado and last night ate TWO mashed ones..
Wish me luck!
