I am so, so tired of The Happy Man and His Dump Truck and The Night Before Christmas. Tommy has latched onto those two books (and Cars and Trucks and Things That Go, which isn’t nearly as annoying) like nothing else. He’s actually shoving The Night Before Christmas on my lap as I type. Why did I think that buying this off the Target dollar display was a good idea last Christmas? We don’t even plan on doing Santa Claus… We seriously need to go through our kid’s book collection and purge the dumb ones. I don’t mind reading Curious George 20 times a day because it actually has a plot, but a happy man who drives around in his dump truck picking up random farm animals is not my idea of scintillating subject matter. Here’s Tommy admiring the doughnut car…now that he knows what a doughnut is, he keeps pointing to it and saying “doughnut! doughnut!” again and again. And he loves finding Dingo, the bad driver, who he says is “nonny” (naughty).
Well, Tommy’s interest in the potty chair has totally worn off. I guess I missed that window of opportunity, because he’s refused to sit on it for the last two days! Oh well–we can try again in 8 months and be more intentional about it then… I’m having a downswing on the morning sickness front, and I so much wish I could find a babysitter to come over during the times when Tommy usually poops. Diaper changes are killing me! And while I’m on the diapers theme, let me rant a little about cheap disposables. We had to get some disposables for our trip to Detroit (usually I just buy enough for church and nighttime and a bag lasts us several weeks), and I just couldn’t bring myself to buy the Pampers when the Target brand was literally half the price. I keep wondering if my Pampers snobbery is a fig newton of my imagination after being spoiled by our cloth most of the time. Nope!
I know that I have friends who use Target diapers, but this batch has been a disaster for us. They don’t even last two hours (average nap time or time in the nursery) without leaking. Overnight? Plan on him being soaked and smelly by morning. Yesterday I tried to use them up while I washed the Bum Geniuses, but gosh, he went through three pairs of pants! I told Derek to never, never let me try to be cheap and buy cheap diapers again. They are far less than half as useful. When you figure in the increased frequency of changing and the extra laundry, Pampers really are worth it for our family. I am going to go buy some before nursery this Sunday. Phew! Thanks for letting me get that off my chest!
And lastly, here’s what Tommy has been up to today while I’ve been gagging and complaining about diapers and dumb books. He is really getting into coloring now that he has his own little art table. He also found our old phone in a box and has been carrying it around with his apple (he usually works on an apple for most of the morning). Now that we don’t have a landline, I’m letting him use it as a toy. Cool dude! (and no, I don’t usually dress him in red from head to foot. That’s just all that was clean after lunch.)
Ever tried nose plugs during diaper changes? They work for swimmers, so maybe they would work for nauseated mothers as well. Just thinkin’. 🙂
Thanks, Zoe! I should try it! =)