This is a story that goes back to the beginning of my parent adventures, in fact I don’t know how I let this one slip by.
With twins and every new parents obsession with poop and pee we had a chart set up for feedings (how many ounces), was there pee or poop, time of last change, etc. In the beginning you are supposed to keep track of this stuff and with twins a chart seemed like a great idea, we were zombies in those first few weeks. We used this method for about a month before we realized we were capable of identifying anything strange and that we were not going to starve anyone.
Here comes the good part…..one of my sons did not poop for about a day and we were on the lookout for that special package. My husband took the morning changing and feeding on this day and when I asked if there was anything in the diaper his response was some what out of the ordinary…
Husband:”Yes, there was poop but it was strange looking”.
Me: “Strange? In what way?”
Husband: “There was poop but it was all mixed in with crystals that were white, it looked like a snow cone”
Me: “What the heck is that about?”
Okay snow cone poop, obviously even those of you that are not parents or have not experienced this strange obsession with body fluids have to realize this is not normal. Immediately I started rationalizing what that would look like, what did the twins consume, and how long would it take me to get to the ER? I immediately went to the diaper pail to examine the evidence. Not as easy as it sounds as I had to view a few diapers that were not the one in question and no….that is not a fun job. Eventually I pulled the lucky ticket and opened the diaper and my god it was snow cone poop! My heart started pounding, I thought back to the parent books and could not recall any mention of this miracle in any of the paragraphs. Finally my reasonable self took over as I realized along with the poop there was a massive amount of pee that had expanded the diaper, further inspection (diaper Sherlock) revealed a tear a long the side which when combined had resulted in those magic soaking crystals working their way out. Whew…..that would have been a fun trip to the ER with yet another embarrassing first parent blunder, thank goodness we avoided that one!
Lynda said
You did’nt share this one that first week. I probably would have been dumfounded myself as my kids used cloth diapers and we never experienced the “snow cone” effect. It’s always good to really check it out and think it through before ER runs.