...whence came this word flurm?

I'm guessing it's onomatoepaia

Raq guesses correctly. Emmett did not flurm as a baby. He made a splortch.

I'm drinking regular coffee this morning. It saddens me.

But! the Hold Everything gift card which has been sitting around, tying up $200 worth of goodness for two years, is now perfectly useful! Huzzah! Time for a new espresso machine.

It ends up being a two-person job most times.

I cannot tell you how much I LOATHE this stage.

I cannot tell you how much I LOATHE this stage.

For all that Emmett was extra work in most instances as a baby, he was very easy to change. Until he was getting potty trained and always getting rashes which hurt like a mojo to get wiped. That year was traumatic for everybody.

I'm drinking regular coffee this morning. It saddens me.

Those diamond shoes a little tight today?

Indeed he is. And politically rational and has a wry sense of humor.

blinks

...but gay, right?

Actually, I really hope not. I'd like to think that there ARE available men in the world to whom I might be attracted. Even if I never actually do meet them. Sort of a Mulder thing. Everybody needs something to believe in, however wildly improbable and unprovable it is.

(Although, actually, Mulder was forever bumping into aliens, wasn't he? So it wasn't so much a faith thing as an oh-bloody-hell-I've-tripped-over-ANOTHER-little-grey-man scenario.)

(...bastard.)

can I give you a tentative yes? I have to go through another country to come in to the UK, and I had thought about going to France because I've never been to France before. But I could just as easily go through Germany. or meet ya'll in the UK. Or something. I don't know. It'll work itself out, there's still time.

Cool beans!

I have finally met an available man my age to whom I am attracted, and he likes me, too. Alas, he lives in another country. This is my luck.

Can a girl wear a corset if her middle is, let's euphemize, proportionally bigger than it should be? Because I love corsets and I want one. And I'm given to understand that wearing one can make the middle smaller. I was fantasizing over the one Teppy got. Also, how the heck do you lace it up by yourself? Is it even possible?

Can a girl wear a corset if her middle is, let's euphemize, proportionally bigger than it should be? Because I love corsets and I want one. And I'm given to understand that wearing one can make the middle smaller. I was fantasizing over the one Teppy got. Also, how the heck do you lace it up by yourself? Is it even possible?

The bigger and squishier the belly, the more dramatic the look, actually! Squishy laces tighter than firm.

So, yes.

EVERYONE should corset. It's fun!

If one parent has been changing the diapers all day, there's no need for ROCK PAPER SCISSORS, though. It's the other one's turn, and that's it. Parent who has been on all day diaper duty is free to notice the need for a change, walk up to Mr(s). CleanHands and say, "You're it," walk away, sit down, put feet up, and have a cookie.

Our house rules remain, I produce what goes in, he takes care of what comes out.

This is not to say that I don't change diapers. Just that I tasked Paul with it early on, and it remains mainly his duty. When it's a two-person job (often), I hold the head end.

Also, I wash and stuff the diapers and make up the wipe solution.

There's also a codicil to the rule. If you don't change the diaper, you don't get to criticize.

Well, you do, if you turn your criticism around and admit in a self-deprecating fashion that your own trumpted expertise amounted to nothing more than flurm.

UNSOLICITED DIAPERING ADVICE:

1. Get cloth diapers. Even if you're using disposables, get a pack of pre-folded cloth diapers. Put one between the baby and the changing table pad, because if you've got to wash that sucker after every flurm, you're not going to have it available for every flurm. It's like a paradox, but messier and more easily explained.

2. Open the wipies (and/or have the wet washcloth at the ready) before opending the soiled diaper.

3. If right handed, secure both of baby's ankles in left hand, wipe with right. If left handed, do the reverse.

4. After baby is clean, but before putting on the new diaper, lay a cloth diaper on part that pees, so as to avoid getting peed upon.

5. Slide clean diaper under baby, bring up the front of it (diaper, not baby), remove the cloth diaper, secure the diaper the baby will be wearing.

6. WASH YOUR HANDS! DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE JUST BEEN DOING?

EVERYONE should corset. It's fun!

Boys too?

Wait, the guy from Rocky Horror wore a corset, right?

...but gay, right?

Nope. (And M, if you are such a Buffy fan that you are reading this, come talk to me and let me tell you how absolutely foamy Fay is!) I think his tour is up next summer; I'll tell him to bid on Bangkok.

If right handed, secure both of baby's ankles in left hand, wipe with right. If left handed, do the reverse.

(cue laughter tinged with hysteria here) This worked fine until he could crawl. Then all diaper changes happened with Mal on his belly playing in the sink...which actually was fine as I could get him cleaner. Once he could stand, he stood and stared into the mirror at the total hottie who was staring back. Also not really a problem.

Now most diaper changes happen on the run, with us trying to sheepdog him away from the nice rugs. I have no idea how people get cloth diapers onto toddlers. We have about 2.3 seconds to affix the diaper. I've even tried judo holds.