my one of many (previous and future) mistakes

in preparation of giving you a bath this morning, i was changing your diaper. while it was wet, it wasn't poopy. for a moment i debated giving you another minute to work something out but then thought it had already been a while since you'd eaten and maybe you just weren't gonna poop this time. i could NOT have been more wrong. i put your nikid little body in the tub crossing my fingers. moments after playfully splashing around in your bathwater ... yep. you pooped. i took you out and placed you on a towel in your room while i cleaned out the tub. amid my scrubbing i heard an all-too-familiar noise ...

pooped on the towel. to avoid you squirming around and making an even bigger mess, i moved you onto the bathroom rug while i finished cleaning ...

pooped on the rug and tile.

i finished cleaning the tub, filled it back up and put you back in it. surely you should be done with your business right? wrong. in less than a minute you pooped yet again. this time i went for something disposable. i made a nice little blanket of paper towels for you to roll around on while i went to town with the clorox. again. filled up the tub. again. gave you another minute on the paper towels for safe measure then put you back in.

success.

lessons to be learned? if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. and mom, next time listen to that little inner voice.