Journal Excerpt

He has a nasty habit of peeing over everything during diaper changes. My sister, who already has a boy, warned me about this, but I guess I thought somehow I could work around it. Like we could have a civilized conversation in which I told him, look, just keep that thing pointed down into the diaper if you feel the urge. But no such luck. Between that and the feeds, it’s a minor miracle if any piece of cloth within a foot of his body does not become soaked with pee, leaking milk, or spit within a few hours. We’re just swimming in the fluids over here. Boys are so uncouth.