Parenting Lessons

We had a follow up appointment at the clinic for me a few days after coming home from the hospital. Abigail obviously came with us. As we were leaving the house, I realized that we hadn't yet put together a diaper bag, so I grabbed some diapers, wipes, blanket, burp cloth, hat, etc. and we headed out.

As the appointment was finishing, she started to fuss so I fed her and the midwife assured us we could have the exam room as long as we needed it. So after she finished eating, she needed to be changed. There was already a chux (waterproof pad) on the exam table so we put her up there to change her. We got her cleaned up and as we lifted out the dirty diaper to put the clean one under her, she chose that as the ideal time to pee again! And since we were holding up her legs to put on the new diaper, it ran down her back and all over her outfit. It was at that point that I realized I did not include a spare change of clothes for her in my hastily-packed diaper bag. As we cleaned her up a second time, laughing at ourselves, we wrapped her in the blanket we brought (and luckily she was wearing a tshirt that escaped dry) and headed out. We had a good laugh with our midwife as we saw her on the way out, saying that this little one is going to teach us to parent one lesson at a time!