It’s been a while since we’ve had a humorous post from Mr. Handsome, so here goes…
For those of you who haven’t spent a lot of time around babies, this question will sound absurd and barbaric. In fact, if you had asked me such a question before we had children, I would have recoiled at the disgustingness of it. But hey, here we are.
No matter how careful you are, there is simply nothing you can do to prevent getting spit-up on your clothes when you have a baby. You can use burp cloths, towels, or bibs, but there is just no way to catch the mess 100% of the time. More often than not, your baby will choose the most inopportune time to spit up…right onto your favorite article of clothing.
With the first child, you start off changing clothes every time you get gunk on them, but then you have to do laundry twice as often. So one day at 2am, you wake up to feed the baby and he spits up on you, and you say, “Well it’s just a little bit. I’ll wipe it off and deal with it tomorrow.” This of course starts the rapid descent into spit-up covered clothes.
So now I have to ask, what is an acceptable level of spit-up to have on your clothes and still consider yourself to be a functioning human?
So you don’t want spit- up on your cloths. Just use a bigger towel one that 6 foot and it works.
I use it no spit-up on me.
A tablespoon but no more. But if you are out near the beach and seagulls are present you can always blame the spit up on them.
Just keep wiping till it starts reeking. If you’re home. Alone.
My children are all grown and I would give anything to have that little circle of spit-up on my left shoulder once again.
Me too. I miss those days too!
Gross.
Oh my first baby spit up so much…So much laundry…
With the second I put a waterproof mattress cover across the couch and fed/burped her on the couch. That caught what my cloth and clothes didn’t!
Ellie,
I hope you and your family are doing well. I have 5 month old twins and an 8 year old boy. Spit up and stretch marks are a badge of honor for me! I recalled that time, when they told me I would not be able to have children! I enjoy reading your post. Our God is FAITHFUL always!!!
That’s amazing! Amen!