Jan 12 2009
The Diapers and Daddies Dilemma V: Friends don’t let friends do diapers
(Today’s Caveat lector: if you are going to change a wet diaper in a pitch black room, make sure you know exactly where you placed that diaper.)
We have a male friend who will occasionally watch our daughter. In fact, he’s one of the few people I know who I absolutely trust with her. In that he’s constantly looking out for her. He absolutely adores her and tells everybody about her and pampers her and buys stuff for her and protects her. But, and I’m being quite serious when I say this, not in a creepy way at all.
Yet, for all of the love and playfulness and comfort that he brings to my daughter, I’m not sure that he has once changed her diaper or laid her down to sleep. He has had those responsibilities before. He has been a father before. He has changed the old tires before, been through that whole process before. Which, truth be told, is more than I can say for most of my male friends and yet so few of my female friends.
How does he get away it that? LOL… He must not watch her for very long!
yes, there’s that. but also the fact that he usually has assistance. our friend is a person-magnet, so someone can usually help him in such situations.
thanks for the comment, petula. enjoy.
Diaper Changing Rule #1) Turn on light.
See rule #5.
Diaper changing rule #5: If you’re changing a diaper in the middle of the night, do what you can to lessen the impact of light and stimuli so that baby may go back to sleep soon.
of course, i forgot about Diaper changing rule #2: Never lose sight of where you place the soiled diaper.