Poop Cannons - Avoiding the Blowout
Babies are adorable precious bundles of joy. They are also Poop Cannons. I learned this a few weeks after my daughter was born. My wife and I had established an overnight routine that distributed the sleep deprivation in a way that we felt was fair. Brutal, but fair. 1 - Baby wakes up, Daddy grabs her from the co-sleeper and changes her diaper. Sometimes this is a quick and easy process, sometimes much more involved (more later) 2 - Daddy drops off a clean, dry hungry baby with Momma and Momma feeds the baby. 3 - If the feeding goes smoothly and the burp comes quick... baby down and everyone sleeps. If things go sideways or Baby isn't going to sleep right away, Momma passes off to Daddy who burps / walks / bounces the baby until sleep. 4 - Close eyes. 5 - If it is dawn, go to work. Otherwise, rinse and repeat. Now, sometimes the diaper changes were more involved than others. After one particularly gnarly diaper, Baby was clean and the dirt...