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Ratbag Tiger!


This morning, Tiges did something she has not done since she was a Little Girl.

After Tiger's five thirty feed-and-cuddle, Cackle Mummy took Tiger to the change table to get her out of her Baby Smurf suit (it was a Smurf night last night, rather than a Muppet night), and into her Big Girl Day clothes.

This also involves changing Tiger's nappy.

Usually, at this time of day, having been Sleeping Tiger since two, Tiger's nappy is quite full and bowling-ball heavy.

So Cackle Mummy was, understandably surprised to find the nappy almost clean.

She took the nappy off.

And then there was the moment.

The slow-motion realistion.

The flicker of "aha".

If the nappy is so dry now, there must be one super doozy of a wee coming.

And oh. Tiger is not currently wearing a nappy.

All of this went through Cackle Mummy's head just as ... have you guessed yet?
Tiger weed.

And it was not a small wee.

It was a wee that went all over the socks ...

All over the singlet ...

All over Mummy's hand ...

All over Mummy's jacket ...

And ALL over EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON THE CHANGE TABLE.
Mummy took a moment to collect herself, while Tiger giggled gleefully. "Tiger," Mummy said calmly, "you are a ratbag."

Mummy then commenced the Clean Up of the Century, removing Tiger's wet things and giving her a Very Big Wipe with baby wipes (having judged that, as the wee seemed to go less on Tiger and more on Everything Else, a bath wasn't warranted).

She disinfected the change table and put Tiger back on it. She dressed Tiger in clean Big Girl Day Clothes. There was smiling and tickling and then ...

Vomit.

No, parents. Not "spill". Vomit. All over the everywhere.


It was a vomit that went all over the tee shirt ...

All over the singlet ...

All over Mummy's hand ...

All over Mummy's jacket ...

And ALL over EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON THE CHANGE TABLE.

Mummy took a moment to collect herself, while Tiger giggled gleefully. "Tiger," Mummy said calmly, "you are a ratbag."

Mummy then commenced the Clean Up of the Century, removing Tiger's wet things and giving her a Very Big Wipe with baby wipes (having judged that, as the vomit seemed to go less on Tiger and more on Everything Else, a bath wasn't warranted).

She disinfected the change table and put Tiger back on it. She dressed Tiger in clean Big Girl Day Clothes. There was smiling and tickling.

And the day went on.

And Tiger was so very proud of her little self, for her big wee and her big vomit, and Mummy was ... well, exhausted, but that's normal. Because Tiger likes to shake things up. Tiger likes to teach Mummy that complacency (i.e. not putting on a new nappy Very Quickly, because Tiger hasn't done a no-nappy-wee for ages), and "routine" and "calm" just don't exist in this parenting game.

She teaches Mummy to embrace the chaos. And that is a good lesson. That, in itself, is a lovely thing.

~ Love, Miss Cackle

1 comments:

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Project - Donate A Book to the Isolated and Remote Schools of Fiji.

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