Unprepared

Just so you know, this is a post about my baby's bodily functions. Possibly an unnecessary post, but it's for posterity's sake, right?

My husband graciously changed Baby's diaper while I was, umm, doing something to get ready to feed her. I was walking by our little changing station when all of the sudden.... she exploded. A stream of poo flew out her bum, leaving a six-inch streak across the changing pad and even flying off the changing table. It was so sudden we couldn't help but laugh, even though it was pretty gross (you probably don't need to know this, but most of the time her poo is bright orange). And then, while we were trying to figure out what to do and with no diaper handy, she started peeing -- at least this time it wasn't a big stream splashing all over everything, but just puddling underneath her. Oh man. It probably could have gotten worse - I mean, with her acid reflux, she could have started spitting up all over - but we fortunately were still laughing, because that was ridiculous. After the explosive poo, though, she was just quietly looking around like nothing happened.

Seriously... it was hilarious. I'm glad we could laugh.

She'd sort of poo'd out of her diaper when she was still in the NICU, but then it was just a little spot on her bassinet and while surprising, not a huge deal. This was serious. Oh well. She's still breastfeeding, so her poos aren't especially stinky. It's still poo; it just could be worse.

Sorry if you don't like to hear about bodily functions. I just couldn't believe that happened.