Diapers...

As I was changing Malry this morning, an amusing memory came to mind. It was 2001 and we were expecting our second child. A friend said to us "Ohh you get to change diapers again!". It was not obvious to them that we had never stopped changing diapers.  Malry was almost eight and had been in diapers since he was born.   So, really, we were just adding another butt to change.  The cool part was that this new butt would eventually grow out of diapers.

As I recalled this memory I started thinking about 3 or more diapers a day for 18 years. The number had to be high. So I started doing some figuring.  Malry is 18 years old. He was in Neo Natal ICU for 4 weeks.  We have actually been out of town or he has stayed away for at least 60 days possibly more. I erred on the side of caution. The conservative figure of the number of diapers Heather and I have changed is....drum role please...19,000. Yes, that says nineteen thousand. That is just for Malry. Add another 1,400 for Greggory. and that is also adjusted for time away and a five week stay in NNICU. That, my friends, is a lot of butt-cleaning. Over 20,000 diapers. Who in the hell changes 20,000 diapers? The answer is...we do.