I woke up this morning with a start, realizing that if someone asked me to diaper a child then and there, I couldn't do it, at least not well. This is what I get for being the youngest of the youngest. I need to dig back out some books. I suppose I'll be getting a lot of practice soon enough. And I'm guessing very few children have ever died from improper diapering.
I'm in the midst of shower land. My dad's wife threw me a shower in their hometown last Saturday, and the church's is this Saturday. I'm not wild about sitting around opening present after present after present, but man, particularly after having to buy an engine for the car, we need help.
People keep joking about the baby being early. This is not yet funny, any child I would bear right now would go straight to NICU and not come out for weeks.
In other not funny news, a parishioner told me I was getting a double chin. I said, "I can't believe you'd say that to me." He's lucky I didn't call him a jerk... or worse.
I have a friend officiating at her father's funeral today. To make things extra less complicated, she's actually never officiating at a funeral before, and it's not in her tradition either.
I don't think I'm going to be doing the book thing this year. I reached my goal last year--hoorah! I am on good reads, and will probably be keeping that up for anyone who cares.
About Me
- apbs
- I'm from the southern US, a region with which I have a love/hate relationship. I majored in Economics and International Studies in college, all set to join the world of management consulting. Brief yet somewhat intense crises of meaning while studying and traveling led me on a somewhat screwy journey that somehow resulted in my becoming a priest in the Episcopal Church. My posts are merely a slice of what's going on in my head and nothing more; in other words, my opinions cannot and should not be considered to be those of my congregation, my religious tradition, or my friends and family.
5 comments:
OK, I give the chin comment a big WTFingF?
you are not getting a double chin.
Sheesh! People are dumb.
And diapering is not that hard. Unless you put it on the kid's head, you'll be fine (and even then, the only one who would get hurt in the process would be you--and your laundryman.
I would say that even calling that dude a jerk would have been a show of great self-restraint.
In my limited experience, the hardest thing about diapering is 1) the wiggling and 2) the smell. The wiggling is exhausting but manageable, but I suggest wearing a surgical mask.
My only advice -- buy the expensive diapers. They are worth it.
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Nice.
You don't have to worry about diapers for awhile...make the Mr. do it for a few weeks...I used the "Honey, I just nursed the baby" excuse and that worked pretty well.
OR, go tell double chin guy that to atone for the chin comment, he'll be in charge of diapers for awhile.
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