by Becky Vieira posted in Parenting

Changing my child's diaper is challenging, at best, on a good day. I?ve never wrestled a greased pig, but I imagine that would be easier.
He squirms, turns, and flips, and it often ends with him standing. While holding one leg to keep him from running off I try to secure the diaper with the other hand. If you are keeping score, yes -- that is indeed a one-handed diaper change.
When my husband suggested a family vacation to Europe I had one question.?? "How can we expect a baby to go almost eleven hours between diaper changes"" I asked (with sarcasm hanging from each word). Yes, I was that anxious about changing a diaper in an airplane bathroom. Luckily my fears were unwarranted. Changing a diaper in an airplane bathroom is easy. Which is surprising, because there have been times when I felt so claustrophobic in one that I wasn?t convinced there was enough room in there for only me. Yet somehow I managed to make it work for a diaper change with my husband by my side, no less.
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