Mommy Learns a Lesson

Everyday, it seems like Mommy is learning lessons from Gwyneth. She's quite frankly a good teacher. Luckily mommy is usually a good learner and pretty keen on keeping up with her studies. Yesterday mommy learned a good lesson, and surely it won't be one that's forgotten. (There would be pictures to accompany this post, but said mommy decided pictures of the incident would be in poor taste).

After putting Gwyneth down to bed, about 45 minutes later, I heard a bit of commotion and some squealing from Gwyneth's room. Because it had been a while since I put her to bed, I thought I'd better check on her. I approached the door to her room and noticed something odd, light coming from the crack under the door. First of all Gwyneth doesn't get out of bed until either Wes and I give her the go ahead and secondly, she wouldn't be able to reach the light switch. So, I knew that I must have left the light on and immediately thought, it's no wonder she's making noise. I creak open the door and take a peek and there is a proud naked little girl sitting on her bed saying, "potty." Unfortunately I noticed a stench, which really meant there was no need for a potty, the deed had already been done...luckily, it was still contained in the removed diaper, with a few dark smudges on the duvet under Gwyneth's rump. Even though it wasn't much fun to clean, I had just been thinking earlier that day about washing her bedding and also considered how much worse it would have been if Gwyneth was one of those uber-curious children who like to stick their fingers in brown stuff. I actually felt a little pride well up in my when I realized how smart Gwyneth was to be able to take off her pajamas...and how she was able to keep herself fairly clean given the circumstances. I couldn't help but smile.

Lesson learned: Turn out the light. Had I not forgotten to turn off the light, there would have been no chance of Gwyneth getting both her rather childproof pajamas and diaper off. Tonight I didn't forget this one last detail of putting Gwyneth to bed.