Fail: Not capping the well
Lesson: Put a folded paper towel over a new born baby boy’s penis during a diaper change to avoid a spray in the air, on the wall, or worse, in your face.
Background: Em and I have had about half a dozen pee sprays on the changing table. For some reason, when Luke’s bottom feels the cool air, he lets the bladder rip with a stream of gold--[read in a gold prospector voice] ”We’ve struck gold in thar hills!” Sometimes it’s a reflex while other times a delayed response. We’ve had pee fly against the wall, onto the nearby table, onto his clothes, onto his face, and onto our faces. Most importantly, do NOT open your mouth and goo and gah with your boy while he’s exposed, or you’re just asking for it. There was one occasion where we were happy about it: he peed into the face of a horribly incompetent nanny. That’s my boy!
The pee reflex does get better with time. By month 2, he mostly stopped peeing, but it does happen occasionally when a diaper change takes too long. I still cap the well just in case.
Tip: Undo the diaper, blow some air, cover the diaper (Duck and cover. ”Fire in the hole!”) and wait for 30 seconds. You’ll get some use out of the old diaper before you chuck it. Use a paper towel and not a facial tissue. Paper towel will absorb nicely, whereas facial tissue just causes a dribble down to the onesie which you will now have to clean up and change.
