Back seat diaper changer…

Before I start….I love you, Mom…  😉

We’ve all heard of backseat drivers…well, how about backseat diaper changers.  My brother and I can definitely tell you some stories about our Mother and her backseat driving (or passenger seat driving).  She’s been know to put an arm across our chest to “help stop” a potential impact and at least once made a motion to grab the steering wheel while she was seated in the passenger seat.

Ok…back to the real story here before I get in deeper trouble.

Connor and I were visiting Grandma on Sunday.  Soon after we arrived I noticed Connor needed changing.  Grandma offered to change him, but I always tend to do the changes unless something is really preventing me from doing it.  Well, I positioned Connor on the floor and soon noticed Grandma was joining me on the floor.  Now, I am sure every parent has their own routine for changing a diaper.  I don’t watch other parents or even Victoria when they do it.

Well, Connor and I went through our diaper routine:

1. Daddy tells Connor, “I am going to change your diaper…”
2. I unsnapped his clothes.
3. Positioned the new diaper under the old.
4. Took 3-4 wipes out for the dirty diaper.
5. Took the old diaper off, wiping up as much as I could with it.
6. In this case, I passed it to the assistant watching my every move (Grandma).  She put it in a plastic bag so it could be disposed of.
7. I then preceded to wipe his rear-end.  Wipe #1 is dirty and I disposed of it.
8. I used wipe #2 to finish cleaning up his rear-end and started to dispose of it.

WAIT…STOP the routine…Grandma decided to do a little backseat driving.

1. Now I hadn’t touch his private area (for any children that might read this blog) and Grandma had noticed there was some cleaning that needed to be done there.
2. So, she pointed this out.
3. I said I know.
4. But she still pointed it out a 2nd time.
5. So, I laughed and said I wasn’t done — I still had two more wipes to go.
6. So wipe #3 was used to give a cleaning to his private area.
7. Wipe #4 was used to give an all around cleaning to finish the job.

Connor — you can rest easy knowing your Grandma was keeping Daddy in line.

Love,

Daddy