This one time we were visiting Laurie and Dave, Shelly was little, only about two months old. How can a little person cause such a big mess? Every mom has at least one of these stories, a catastrophe at the time it happens but lots of laughs in the years to come. Shelly made a HUGE mess in her diaper, a mess that wasn't contained by the diaper but covered her entire back all the way up to her neck. My precious little girl, covered in... Well, what made the whole thing worse was that Laurie and Dave's water heater had just gone out. And maybe I had run out of wipes or something, because my memory of that atomic mess was Mom helping me try to clean up Shelly with cold water and paper towels. And I just kept saying to Mom, "Just cut the shirt off of her. Just get a pair of scissors and we'll cut it off so we don't have to pull it over her head."
Today Elijah had his first one of those, a mess that covered his leg all the way to his toes. Thankfully we were at home. I made a mental note to get extra clothes in the diaper bag. Because walking around without an extra outfit is just asking for trouble...
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