Friday, July 9, 2010

Mustard- Colored Mustache

I almost always have a camera within arms reach, but there are moments when I don't have the camera with me, or more often when it just wouldn't be prudent to leave my child spewing projectile vomit (for example) in order to take a photo of it. But seriously, some of this "gross" stuff is absolutely astonishing and should be documented.

Shortly after receiving a fresh diaper yesterday (or a fresh canvas as Sabrina seems to think of it) Sabrina had a blow out. She was seated in the bouncy seat waiting for me to gather our things to go and get the girls from school. She was fussing. I thought with surprise that she was still hungry so I started getting myself set up for a feeding. When I picked her up her entire backside was wet. I'm sure that my face reflected the confusion that I felt. It wasn't any particular color, just wet. Huh? I thought that perhaps the bigger diaper than she had on (already moving up from the newborn to size 1) and maybe user error had created a loose diaper that allowed her to pee all over her clothes. I put her face down on the changing table and started peeling back the layers. Yuck! Please keep in mind the mustard yellow color of breastfed baby poo. It was all over. Disgusting. I  attacked with a wipey in each hand. As carefully as possible I tried to roll her onesie in on itself to protect her body from the poo while removing it over her head. I did a miserable job. She had yellow streaks starting at her elbows, over her shoulders, down her back and shockingly when I flipped her over, across her face including a mustard colored mustache. I really wanted to take a photo, but my revulsion at her having poop smeared across her face won out in the end. Nothing that a few more wipes and a bath couldn't take care of.

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