Who Knew???
One of the less discussed joys of parenting is the part where the sadistic experimental side overtakes the reasonable parent, turning them into a mischeivous, cackling fool of schemes, entirely at the child’s expense. It’s the same thing that makes children pull the legs off of insects, just to see what will happen.
You know what I’m talking about. When the kid starts eating solid foods, there’s that urge deep inside to stick a lemon wedge or a dill pickle in his mouth, just to see what happens. The kid grows hair and there’s the inability to keep yourself from sticking ponytails all over her head, jutting out in every direction like some hideous spiney pufferfish hairdo. Just because you can.
This week, I discovered something unbelievably fascinating that fed my sadistic tendencies for a really embarassingly long period of time … VELCRO STICKS TO DIAPERS.
This opens up a whole new realm of possibilities…
July 31st, 2006 at 11:28 am
I have found EVERYTHING sticks to diapers…. just today, I found that blueberry muffin crumbs stick to diapers… like glue. They hang off like dingleberries stuck to fur. It’s not pretty. I would have had much more fun sticking ducks and flowers to my sons bootie than trying to pull off dingleberry blueberry crumbs!
July 31st, 2006 at 12:33 pm
Lol, at that point I think I would just give up and change the diaper.
August 1st, 2006 at 9:53 am
Yep, I did… but it was already a new diaper and I hate wasting them! LOL!!
August 1st, 2006 at 1:52 pm
Ahh. You need a dog. Ours takes care of any and all miscellaneous food particles, regardless of their location. He’s better than a vacuum cleaner.
August 1st, 2006 at 10:28 pm
LOL! We have a dog! Hoover…er… um.. I mean Hooch. While I was getting the crumbs off the floor by hand (vacuum was upstairs with sleeping baby) I called my 4-legged hoover over to help me out. I love that dog. One day, my 2year old spilled some food on the floor and I heard him yell “HOOOOOCH” so that he would come over and eat it up. I guess he knew the drill from us! LOL!