Diaper Changes

Once your child is potty trained you seems to forget about these things that once ran your life...diapers. You pity the people still dealing with them and it kind of all fades away how to really do a diaper change...well for me at least. About a month after Eva was potty trained(this was back in August of 2006) I just assumed everyone was potty trained and that it would be oh so long before I had to think about diapers again.

Now when Eva was born I changed a lot of her diapers, Jeremy was a bit intimidated by the process but he got more and more practice and was a pro before long.

When Elle was born, I was the intimidated one. I don't think I changed one of her poop diapers till she was like 3 or 4 days old! (I know, it's a miracle in its self that I pulled that off)

I just felt a little intimidated by it...and I also didn't feel like it, let's just be honest.

There are also stages of diaper changing that I completely forgot about until Elle reminded me these past few weeks.

At first they are so docile and limp changing is a breeze, of course they usually don't like the coldness of it all, so you go as quickly as you can. Then, they are more alert and changing a diaper is more fun, kind of like a little one on one time. They smile and grab for you, so cute.

Then there's the stage I'm in now...they can move. A lot. Changing a diaper and not getting poo everywhere is a talent and it takes an immense amount of speed, precision, and skill. I don't like this stage. It's hard to figure out how to grab your child's attention long enough so they hold still long enough for you to get all the poo off. Bleh.

Handing her a toy doesn't always work, she likes to chuck the toy and then go after it(like playing fetch with herself), a lady told me to sing to her...I haven't tried it yet but that's not really me. I did try yelling. Like, "ELLE hold still for just a second!" and then she looks at me and starts arching her back like, "Yeah, that's my name lady but I'm busy trying to get away from you so please don't disrupt me again." I'm almost positive that's exactly what she's thinking.

Eva helps sometimes buy talking to her or dangling things around her but mostly it's usually more distracting.

I like the stage where they are toddlers and know that they don't want to have poo or pee in there pants anymore so they hold still let you do what you're going to do and then go off playing again. That's a good stage, right before their old enough to actually start potty training and right before you begin the holy terror of potty training.