3 Most Recent Things Found In Son's Diaper

We moms are notorious for examining the contents of diapers.

It starts almost immediately after birth when nurses, midwives and pediatricians ask us, every single time they see us, "has he been wetting his diaper? How many times? Has the urine been concentrated? Any brick dust? Any blood? How have the poops been? How many bowel movements a day? Is it still black? Is it yellow? Green? Brown? Seedy? Frothy? Solid? Watery? Mucusy? How does it smell? Foul? Yeasty? Sweet? Mild?"

It's no wonder we quickly get in the habit of assessing health by assessing the contents of diapers. And, when children become mobile, develop small motor control and begin eating things other than mother's milk or formula, we again develop an intense interest in what's in the diaper.

We know when they're starting to teethe (and not just being cranky to spite us and test the limits of our prescription meds) when the semi solid waste gets watery, foul smelling and a bit green. We marvel at how even after they get most of their teeth in, the raisins still aren't getting chewed and end up in the diaper looking like they've been soaked in rum. We can tell when dad let them eat pickles and when we've given them way to much milk, cheese and bananas on a single day when their diapers are full of rabbit pellets.

Dads just don't get this fascination with the state of child's fecal matter, unless of course the output is prodigious and solid. There is something about man-sized turds in tiny pants that makes men laugh.

But, by far, the weirdest thing about examining diapers is looking for stuff. Actual stuff. Like small possessions you once owned but don't need now that they've been through someone's digestive system.

Here are the three most recent things found in Spencer's diaper:

1. Dr. Who themed Connect 4 game piece.
2. Iridescent blue flat marble.
3. Yellow knee-high Polly Pocket boot.

So, what has your child shat out?

Sean Palmerston - 2008 Publicist of The Year - Hamilton Music Awards

He won!

I'm so proud! After more than 12 years as a publicist in the music industry, Sean was recognized last night as being one of the best. It's long overdue, in my opinion.

Congratulations!

Here he is accepting his award, and here is a transcript of his acceptance speech:

"I usually prefer to work behind the scenes, so this is a little hard for me, but, I'd like to thank the City of Hamilton. They've given me a job, a wife, two beautiful children and got me the fuck out of Toronto!"

When he got to the "wife and two beautiful children" part, he got choked up. And, that's so Sean. After nearly 15 years of working in music, he is still sincere and completely without pretension.

My Cool Husband

Right now, my husband is moderating a panel at the Hamilton Music Awards called "Breaking Your Music".

Tomorrow night we'll be going to the industry awards night because Sean has been nominated for Publicist of The Year (scroll down to #14) and is favoured to win.

I'm super excited for Sean. Unfortunately, I haven't got anything to wear :( and no money for new clothes. No matter though. I'll have a beautiful smile for my handsome man.

I Needed A New Hat

So I knit myself one.



Pattern: Hawkeye
Yarn: Garavogue Tweed (from my stash, a gift from my friend Sarah many moons ago)
Notes: This is a fast knit that I think I'll do again a few times in different yarns. I may add a velvet or satin ribbon to the inside edge; the tweed is a tad itchy. The hat is lovely and warm. Just right for late fall.

Voting Is Important

A couple of weeks ago, I took the kids and voted in the Canadian federal election. I voted to re-elect David Christopherson - NDP Hamilton Centre, the same man I've been helping elect for 20 years.

It was voting in this election that I decided that it was important to start teaching my kids about participating in the electoral process. Even though he's only 5yo, Kieran is ready to start learning about what government is and how we choose the people we want to represent our interests.

I'm really proud to to tell you that my story of voting with Kieran has been published in the fantastic online magazine Root & Sprout. Go to this page and scroll down to the third story.

The Hero Of The Rebel Alliance Wants Your Candy

Kieran decided a few months ago he wanted to be Luke Skywalker for Halloween.

I really couldn't have been prouder. This was the very first time in his life he told me what he wanted to be. And, it wasn't in response to a question. This was something he'd been thinking about.

So, we leveraged a number of things already in his wardrobe and bought a light saber (often referred to as a Light Saver: Me: No, honey, it's "light saBER". K: I can call it what I want!) and a costume was born.



Isn't he handsome!



You'd better hand over your candy or he'll Jedi your ass!

Check out Sweetney's daughter today. Honestly, with the dental stuff (which I will have to post about, but life has been a little fucked up here so I'm having trouble getting the motivation to post about everything. I'm just thankful no one has died this month.) and now the Star Wars costumes, I think Sweets and I are psychically linked! So, she really ought to follow my twitter feed, dontcha think! And, so should you!

Did You Need Some Cute?

Today is the day Kieran is having dental surgery. I'm nervous. Naturally, gazing at cute toddlers helps.