Monday, June 24, 2013

Tips for Parents with Infants - Rule 4

Rule 4 - Poop-splosion!

Maybe it's the sleep deprivation, mal-nutrition or our beginner parenting status but this rule came to us slowly... Maybe daycare made the size upgrade suggestion or we came to the realization during the 30th emergency change.

Diapers should come with large labels saying "Warning - Explosions are one sign to go up a diaper size". Full disclosure - I never read the diaper installation manual provided by the manufacturer and we threw out most of the manuals during the first week. In Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell writes that you need 10,000 hours to become an expert. So using Gladwell's theory you'll be an expert around 15 months, but your subject keeps changing and growing daily!

No need to throw out all the old ones...just send them into daycare. Keep the next diaper size on hand, see if the change works and tell all your friends about Rule #4. If you can keep a few parents sane we are helping the world to be a better place (thats a bold statement).

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