For my baby shower, my sister Erin gave me a very special gift and explained, "It's all about poop, my friend." I unwrapped a huge pile of excrement-related items and thanked her kindly. At the time I didn't understand what she meant.
I now understand. As Erin later explained, "Once you have this child, you will be utterly amazed at how you will obsess over her daily bowel movements."
Oh, how true. For the first two weeks we kept a highly detailed daily journal of the number of bowel movements E-Beth had, and the number of wet diapers we changed. After about three weeks, when we realized that her inner workings were fairly reliable, we stopped tracking them.
Erin's gift included a diaper warmer (you'd be amazed at the difference a COLD wipe and WARM wipe makes when it comes to crying), many, many diapers, many, many wipes, much Desitin, and our favorite - a Diaper Genie and Diaper Genie accessories.
For those who don't know what a Diaper Genie is, it's a poop-concealing miracle. You take the stinky diapers, stuff them into this heavily-lidded contraption, twist a fancy dial and magically seal off the diaper and all related stench. After the Diaper Genie has been filled to capacity, you do a few more twists of the dial, and open the bottom. Out comes a strand of sausage-linked twisted, sealed and wrapped diapers.
Voila. Pure Magic and eternally stench-free, and we never have a dog digging in our trash or dragging nasty diapers throughout the house. We love the Diaper Genie.
Haiku for the Diaper Genie
stinkified crap ball
close the lid and smell no more
no dog treats in here
Peace, till next