I'd Do Anything

I've got a baby daughter. She is adorable. She's only a couple of days old but I know that she is so precious. When she coos, sneezes, wiggles or even whimpers before she cries it melts my heart. I love her so much. Although I already have on child, I can't help but wonder, "Was I so captivated with my first child the way I am with my second?"

Since becoming a parent, I've wondered what I should have known prior to becoming a parent. For example, I didn't know that a baby would sleep all day when they come home from the hospital. The only thing baby’s wake up for is to eat, pee, and poop. However, at 11 am, my MJ will sleep and sleep and sleep. But at 11pm, she is wide awake and the briefest noise will wake her up to begin her fits of uncomfort and irritability. I can't help but say, "Work with me girl!" when she wants to do something other than I want. Can't you go to sleep during the nighttime and be awake during the daylight?

Earlier today I had a chance to bring MJ to a doctor's appointment. She needed to go back because my wife, Kim, and I were concerned that MJ wasn't gaining weight. Well, bringing her in for a weigh-in should be a simple event.

• Bring her in the office.
• Take her out of the car seat and undress her.
• Put her on the scale.
• Redress her and wait for the doctor.
• Leave and enjoy the rest of the day.

Sounds easy right, well it would have been easy except for the fact that babies don't often do what you want them to. I should change babies to children. While we were waiting for the nurse to weigh MJ, she had a mini butt explosion. Now that wasn't too unexpected. After all, she was just fed before we went to the doctor’s appointment.

As Kim and I are getting prepared to change MJ and we realize that we don't have any wet wipes. We decide to use tissues to help clean up the mess MJ has left for us. While I am cleaning up after my princess she has another explosion. I'd have never thought my child could make me feel sick to my stomach. In fact, I never thought I would have needed to know that my child could have an explosive poop in front of me, without the diaper on.

Well, it did happen. Even though I didn't get sick I did clean up the mess that MJ left all over the table, wall, my hands and her clothes. I ended up looking at my little girl once she was weighed. The only thing I could think was, "I love you so much that I clean up your poo."

I guess being a parent has changed my feelings on lots of things. It has made me very cautious. It has also made me very happy. Being a parent has also made very appreciative of life and the people who have positively influenced me. I hope MJ can look back at this and think, my dad would do anything for me. After all, I pooped not just on him but all over a wall too. But my dad cleaned it up and he still loves me.