(WARNING, dear readers, this one gets a little graphic)
When leaving the house with a child in diapers, never, ever, never leave without a diaper and wipes, and, unless there is a dire emergency (house on fire, stitches required, late for swimming lessons) a change of clothes. Don't be fooled if she has already filled her pants in the last 30 minutes and has never in her short 14 month life filled her pants more than one time in 24 hours. Don't be fooled if she hasn't had a blow out in six months. Don't be fooled if 90% of her poopy diapers are as firm as a grown ups. Don't be fooled because you are only planning to be gone an hour and will only be 15 minutes from home. Always remember that time at the movies when she was 6 weeks old (and it was the dead of winter) and you had to drag this same naked baby swaddled in paper towels and a snowsuit home before the final scene (hypothetically speaking, of course). Don't leave home without diapers, wipes, and a change of clothes. Ever.
Lucy had the worst blow out of her 14 month life tonight. Up the back, out the side, through every layer of clothing, chunky and creamy at the same time. In a word, repulsive. Of course, as the seasoned and savvy mother of four, I had a change of clothes and a fresh diaper. Of course.
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