Parenting Anecdote #226: After baby, the amount of time you spend getting ready for an outing will be directly proportional to the amount of time spent ON said outing.
For example: Today it took me 2 hours to prepare to go to the grocery store for 51 minutes.
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I thought it was just us! Today I wrestled Eli into his baby bear cub snowsuit only to have him take an audible power shit TWICE before we could get out the door. Off with all the layers, full on diaper change, including pauses to talk and coo at the baby because he’s so dang cute, back on with all the clothes, getting him into the car seat – and he poops again. Rinse and repeat. Then he cried the whole time at the store. Success.
that’s great! you pegged that time thing so well – so true! i gave you one of my weekly Goddess Awards because you are a Clever Girl!
In joy,
Elise
Yep – when the youngins are less than 2; it takes forever. The waiting on my wife to get her and kids ready took forever.
Wait till you go out of town for a night or two. Might as well rent a moving truck.
lol! Oh my, did you ever bring back those years! Something my mother told me one day, “with small ones comes small problems…..as they grow, so will their problems.” I remember thinking she totally full of crap. Last summer my 12 year old got suspended from school for three days for finally punching a bully in the mouth. Bully’s mother sued me. Sawyer missed the first two days of 7th grade and while I secretly thought the bully totally got what he deserved….the sheer hell of this over those months and facing a judge was such a clear reminder. Not only now am I grateful for the washability of poo, I am dreading the world of teenage dating! Thanks for the laugh!
lol, oh boy. The things I have to look forward to.
hahaha right on. They say it gets easier as the child gets older, but I definitely don’t find that to be true! Although I must say, in the beginning, the rule of them was, as soon as you were ready to go out the door, the baby will explode their diaper.. THAT gets less and less likely as they get bigger