10,000th Diaper Change

I remember changing my first diaper. I was 44 years old. Sandy and I practiced on a doll in a prenatal class. It seemed so easy; however the doll didn’t kick, squirm, roll over, make chocolate or pee in our faces. That education came later. Before the twins slept through the night, we changed their diapers every three hours around the clock. Eight times a day times two boys equaled 16 diapers daily. As they slept longer, that number dropped and then we found overnight diapers. They cost twice as much, but they held twice as much. That brought our diaper changing average down to a dozen per day. Then the boys discovered the joy of filling a brand new diaper. No more than we lift them off the changing table and they have a fresh dump requiring another change. We estimate that we’ll change over 15,000 diapers before they’re potty trained.