It has happened. We knew it would, but it just kind of crept up on us.
What am I talking about you ask?
Mauldin, our almost three month old son, has officially graduated from his newborn diapers (N’s) to ones. The little man has grown so fast in the past few weeks and we didn’t even notice until he started peeing on his clothes because his diapers could no longer hold his excretments! Okay, that is kinda gross when I say it like that. Let’s just say his pee was seeping out and so it was time for something bigger.
“Eric, can you replace all the diapers with the new ones?” my wife asked me so sweetly.
She was busy nursing him. He was lying there nourishing his body so that he can grow into the next stage of diapers. The 2’s! It won’t be long before we will actually have to start buying diapers again. Laura, my wife, and I stocked up on diapers when she was pregnant so that we wouldn’t have to be buying diapers so often. Well, our stock has started depleting right before our very eyes.
"Maybe we can make it to September!" I said with a hopeful disdane.
"I'm sure we can.. he is only what?"
"Ten pounds" said Laura, finishing my sentence.
"Alright then! He is ten pounds and 1's diapers are for ten to 14 lbs, right?" I continued.
"Yes, that is correct." Laura said.
She was sitting on our couch with Mauldin covering up some of the best parts, might I add. She had on khacki shorts, a pink shirt and a head band with skull and cross bones on it.
"I noticed you wore your belle band today!"
"Ouch!" she yelped! "Yes, thank you. Does it look okay?"
"What's wrong?" I recalled her previous retortment.
"He chomped on my ..." she stopped in mid sentence and looked down at our little hungry hippo.
"If you are going to act like that, sir, no more for you."
Mauldin laid there with no regret on his face what-so-ever... it was if he was like...
"Yah, sure.. you talk all big and bad.. bring it on mom!"
"I can't believe how big he is..." I said.
"You said that already..." said Laura looking at me as if I was losing my mind to early Alzheimer's.
"Well it's true!" I replied matter of factly! "Our little man is growing up so darn fast... our little newborn is gonna be our little three month old here in a few days!"
"Buuurrrrp!"
Mauldin had finished his afternoon lunch. He sat in his mommy lap with a huge sense of accomplishment across his face... as well as a little drool. The drool slowly dripped onto his little green and blue stripped onesie that read "I love mommy."
"Mauldin!" Laura exclaimed in the I'm surprised, but I'm really not surprised mommy voice! "Well, our little man is certainly growing up just like his daddy!"
All I could do was stand there and beam with pride.
"Yep!" I said... "I'm so proud!"
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It has happened. 
6 comments:
Good description of your venture into 1's diapers! Glad to see you blogging again!
the leaky diaper was the only way we knew when it was time to upsize! a word of warning...the weight recommendations are not always accurate. we always ended up moving up a size before the little one was the actual weight on the package! :)
Ahhh, the milestones. They just keep on coming. Congrats.
I remember the graduation to the next stage of diapers. It sucks but is soooo much fun.
Moving on up. Yeah leaky dipe and rash. My boys been getting a slight rash now that his size 4's are tightening up.
Just an FYI - this also happens when their "junk" starts working and pointing towards the sky. No diaper in the world can contain "the firehose" when this happens.
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