I thought it could possibly help if I share my experience with an explosive pooper. I found that when I tried to go up a size to contain the poop, it actually made it worse, because then the diaper is not tight enough around the legs and waist to contain the poop. This is what I do to contain the poop: First I put her in the right size diaper (not too big or too small) and I use regular Huggies or Kirkland signature. Then the way that I put on the diaper is the most important. I put it on high in the back and lower in the front. This keeps the pooh from leaking out above her butt crack. I snug it around her thighs carefully before I tape it down, and put the diaper on the inside of her thigh rolls. When I tape it down, instead of taping it straight across, I do it slightly downward and make sure I have just the right amount of tension. Then after I get it on, I check the position and tightness of the leg openings. They should be tight enough that both the gusset elastic and leg elastic snap back like a pair of good fitting panties would. This keeps the pooh from leaking out the leg holes. It does make a little bit of a pink mark on the legs after I take off the diaper, but I realized this doesn't hurt her a bit, it's just like if you had snug socks on they would make marks on your legs but still be comfortable.
All this said, sometimes she still poops such a huge amount of runny (exclusively breast fed) pooh at once, that I don't think any diaper could contain it all, and she ends up leaking.
Also, I found that I shouldn't eat prunes or anything like that because if it moves fast through me, it will move fast through her, too, and make her pooh a whole bunch at once!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Huck a what?
It was so funny this monring. I was going downstairs to the storage room to get some more plastic cutlery. This is how the conversation went:
Elysia: What are you doing?
Audrey: Going downstairs to get some knives, spoons, forks...
Elysia: Going to get what?
Audrey: Going to get some cutlery.
Elysia: Going to get huckaberry?
LOL! I don't know how she got "huckaberry" out of "cutlery" and I've never heard of a huckaberry before, but I think it must be like a huckleberry, except instead of eating it, you throw it. Elysia is so funny!
Abby is taking a nap right now, so I am eating lunch and journaling. It's been difficult lately, because she hasn't been napping very long. But so far she's already slept an hour and 20 minutes which is much better than the 40 minute naps she's been taking lately. I'm eating a PB&J sandwich, potato chips, and chocolate milk, which is actually a much healthier like than it sounds like. This is because the sandwich is made with organic PB, 100% whole wheat Orowheat bread, and huckleberry jam (the latter not especially healthy, but still okay). The potato chips are Kettle Chips, lightly salted, which are more natural and healthy than other chips. And the drink is Almond Breeze chocolate almond milk, sweetened with stevia, only 40 calories a cup. So I get to eat my yummy comfort food, and still eat relatively healthily.
I made some banana bread while Abby napped. Nikki and Jason Halverson invited us over to dinner tonight, and I'm going to bring them a loaf. I've been making banana bread a lot lately because it tastes good, and then I can use up the old bananas and don't have to throw them away. A loaf of homemade banana bread also makes a good gift. The last batch, I gave one to our new neighbors: Jerrica and her fiance. She is really nice, and when I went over there, she remembered me because she's actually our dental hygienist at Willamette Dental! Cool! It's a good thing I already made a good impression because I take good care of my teeth. :-P Although I think she would like me even if I didn't because we're both nice people!
Andy's foot is still healing, after breaking it and dislocating it on May first. He's been going to physical therapy every week, and he can hobble along now without the crutches since he wears his walking cast. He's been icing and elevating it every night to help with the swelling, like his physical therapist suggested. It still gets sore, so he can't walk on it very long. He mowed the front lawn a few days ago, which must have looked kinda funny, with him crippling along with the big cast and the lawn mower. I think on his next four days off, I'll get him to watch Abby while I mow the back lawn myself. It is a very huge area to mow with a push mower, we live on half an acre. It would be nice if we had a riding lawn mower. Maybe someday.
Elysia: What are you doing?
Audrey: Going downstairs to get some knives, spoons, forks...
Elysia: Going to get what?
Audrey: Going to get some cutlery.
Elysia: Going to get huckaberry?
LOL! I don't know how she got "huckaberry" out of "cutlery" and I've never heard of a huckaberry before, but I think it must be like a huckleberry, except instead of eating it, you throw it. Elysia is so funny!
Abby is taking a nap right now, so I am eating lunch and journaling. It's been difficult lately, because she hasn't been napping very long. But so far she's already slept an hour and 20 minutes which is much better than the 40 minute naps she's been taking lately. I'm eating a PB&J sandwich, potato chips, and chocolate milk, which is actually a much healthier like than it sounds like. This is because the sandwich is made with organic PB, 100% whole wheat Orowheat bread, and huckleberry jam (the latter not especially healthy, but still okay). The potato chips are Kettle Chips, lightly salted, which are more natural and healthy than other chips. And the drink is Almond Breeze chocolate almond milk, sweetened with stevia, only 40 calories a cup. So I get to eat my yummy comfort food, and still eat relatively healthily.
I made some banana bread while Abby napped. Nikki and Jason Halverson invited us over to dinner tonight, and I'm going to bring them a loaf. I've been making banana bread a lot lately because it tastes good, and then I can use up the old bananas and don't have to throw them away. A loaf of homemade banana bread also makes a good gift. The last batch, I gave one to our new neighbors: Jerrica and her fiance. She is really nice, and when I went over there, she remembered me because she's actually our dental hygienist at Willamette Dental! Cool! It's a good thing I already made a good impression because I take good care of my teeth. :-P Although I think she would like me even if I didn't because we're both nice people!
Andy's foot is still healing, after breaking it and dislocating it on May first. He's been going to physical therapy every week, and he can hobble along now without the crutches since he wears his walking cast. He's been icing and elevating it every night to help with the swelling, like his physical therapist suggested. It still gets sore, so he can't walk on it very long. He mowed the front lawn a few days ago, which must have looked kinda funny, with him crippling along with the big cast and the lawn mower. I think on his next four days off, I'll get him to watch Abby while I mow the back lawn myself. It is a very huge area to mow with a push mower, we live on half an acre. It would be nice if we had a riding lawn mower. Maybe someday.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Abby first time playing with toilet paper
Abby and I were at the library today, which I believe was her first time at the library. She had fun interacting with some other kids, and crawling around. She reaches out to touch the other kids and says, "Hiya!" So cute! I read her one book, but half way through she decided she wanted to chew on it, so that didn't last very long. I keep telling her, "Books are for looking at and touching, not for chewing," but it hasn't seems to sunk in yet. So I had just finished changing her poopy diaper in the bathroom, when she fussed to let me know she was hungry. So I sat down in the bathroom stall and started to nurse her. She was kicking her feet on the wall like she normally likes to do, while she nurses, and then she noticed she could reach the toilet paper dispenser. So she reached out and grabbed the toilet paper and jerked it around until she pulled off a sheet. She dropped that on the floor and did it again, also dropping the second piece on the floor. She did all this while nursing and kicking the wall with her feet. It was so funny, I just sat there laughing! "You're so funny, Abby!" I told her. She just looked at me and smiled.
Andy's foot is still on the mend.
Andy's foot is still on the mend.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Abby chases the vacuum
It's funny, many babies are scared of the vacuum. Not Abby. When someone starts vacuuming, Abby chases after it on all fours! She has this happy, determined look on her face like, "All right! The vacuum! I'm gonna get it!" It's so funny and cute!
Abby still is mainly breast fed, and rarely eats baby food. She has figured out that when we're out and about I like to nurse her in the car (instead of having to go to a rest room or dressing room). So she waits to ask for milk until we get to the car! She's so smart and trusting! She trusts that I will nurse her when she asks for it, so she usually will wait until we're at the car to ask for milk. She asks by panting, smacking her tongue, making a little cry, and/or signing "milk". Then I stop and sit in the front seat of the car and nurse her.
Abby still is mainly breast fed, and rarely eats baby food. She has figured out that when we're out and about I like to nurse her in the car (instead of having to go to a rest room or dressing room). So she waits to ask for milk until we get to the car! She's so smart and trusting! She trusts that I will nurse her when she asks for it, so she usually will wait until we're at the car to ask for milk. She asks by panting, smacking her tongue, making a little cry, and/or signing "milk". Then I stop and sit in the front seat of the car and nurse her.
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