THE BURLINGTON BLOWOUT

I forgot how challenging it could be to venture out in public with a newborn. Note to self- WAAAAYYY easier to just stay home all day everyday until they are 13! Kaelyn was with my MIL so I decided to run a few errands. Post Office, Burlington, Target and a stop by my BFF's new house. Easy peasy. Well ya'll should know by now whenever I think something is going to be "easy" it ends up being a total disaster!

The post office went just fine. Off the Burlington. Just had to exchange something for a new size and I would be on my way. Super simple. Well the cashier was slower than molasses- problem #1.  Leah was starting to wake up- problem #2. While I am waiting for the cashier to return the item so I could go grab the new one I hear a rather loud rumble from Leah's tummy. Great. I left the diaper bag in the car because we were just running in and out. We head out into the store really quick to just grab what we needed. Leah starts to cry. I take her out of the carseat and check the back of her diaper. All clean! Just must have been gas. PHEW! I am holding her against my chest when a start to feel wet a few minutes later. I look at her front and notice its soaked. Oh dear, the blowout came up the front instead of the back! I didn't know how bad it was so I just decided to buy another outfit while we were there and change her in the car so we could continue with our day. I chose not to bring my "Im travelling to Europe sized diaper bag" while we were out that day. I just packed a few things. HUGE MISTAKE. We get to the car and as I begin to undress her I realize this is a much bigger problem than I thought. Poo was up to her chest, in her belly button and seemed to stain her skin a nice shade of yellow.After a few attempts to wipe it up I run out of wipes. Crap. Literally. Why did I not bring the costco pack of wipes? Why!!!I have no choice but to go back home and give her a bath. I don't even dress her, just put a new diaper on and strapped her in the carseat and covered her up with blankets. Go home and give bath. Time to feed again. Oh baby just ate. Time to pump now. AHHHHHHH! An hour later we are back out on the road headed for Target when I realize I am almost out of gas. Seriously!!! I just want to run some freakin errands! Any new mom knows (esp breastfeeding moms) that you only have a 2-3 hour window with newborns before you have to stop everything you are doing for feeding time. So small things like having to stop for gas can easily take 10 minutes away from that window! We finally make it to Heathers at about 2:30. (I originally told her we planned on being there at 11:30) I HATE being late. Hate it. Luckily it was moving day for them so it wasn't a big deal.

It took us 6 hours to go 4 places that day. 6 HOURS! Funny how someone so tiny runs the show in the Pingul house these days. I learned my lesson. I will always bring the big bag, pack extra wipes and remember to bring it in the store with me! We had two huge blowouts in one week. One of which resulted in Aaron and I cutting off her clothes it was so bad. I hope this means we can have a blowout break for a bit! :)

Thanks for reading about my kids poo diaper disasters. Hope you weren't eating breakfast!