Parenting.

1.  Works just like a bartering system.
So, it has been awhile since the last post. (It feels like I start every post with this sentence.)  Anyway, I thought I would share a parenting story.

Henry loves to poop.  He excels in filling his diaper.  You know when he is doing his business, because he concentrates real hard.  By "real hard", I mean he puts all of his energy into it.  He usually makes a serious face...and then the slight grunting starts.  He grunts when he pushes.  Henry also holds his breathe when this is going on.  So, he turns bright red when taking care of his business.  Usually when he is done ... it is a mess. Like clockwork ... we take him up stairs to change his diaper.  Lay him down ... and it seems like it immediately shoots up his back towards his shoulders.  I mean, his onesie is clean when we lay him down ... but it goes everywhere one he is laid down.  If there was a cleanand effective way for me to change his diaper while he stood up...I would do it.

Back to story time.  Henry is in his little horsey jumper.  Going to town (jumping).  He has hops like Michael Jordan.  Then, abruptly he stops and goes into poop mode.  Faint grunts and the red face.

INT. - LIVING ROOM - DAY TIME

APRIL

(to Henry)

Hey, buddy.  Tell Daddy to give you some fresh pants?

MARTIN

(knowing that it sounded like a mud bomb went off in H-dogg's diaper)

If you change him, I will be on night duty tonight.

APRIL

So you will do night duty for three days in a row???

MARTIN

Absolutely.

APRIL

(to Henry)

Hey Bud, lets go change that diaper.  Mommy gets 3 nights of un-interrupted sleep!

FYI - I guess I should tell you guys that we switch off night duty each night.  It definitely helps to know that you will get a full night's rest AT LEAST every other night.  But the cool thing is that Henry sleeps through the night.