I'm officially a MOM - Gross story alert

I'm going to post a cute picture here.  And then I'm going to write a gross, true story.  If you clicked and are weak stomached, go check your facebook/email.  Otherwise, enjoy the pic of our beautiful daughter in her Minnie Mouse Birthday dress and read on.

As a quick reminder, Lily wears cloth diapers.  So when she goes #2, we dump them in the toilet, rinse it with our diaper sprayer Jay made, and wash the diapers. 

I had just gotten off the phone with my dad, and Lily woke from her nap.  I walked in her room and almost passed out from the stink from her diaper.  I should have known it would be stinky after beef and broccoli night.  Of course, she is all smiles and happy to see someone. 

So I changed her diaper, got her all cleaned up, and went to "process" the diaper.  I dumped it, rinsed it, and was throwing something away before I flushed, and I saw something stranger than the poop in the toilet.  It looked like a worm. 

I didn't know what to do.  I'm thinking it must be a tapeworm because she weighs all of 18 lbs and eats like a grown up.  It would all add up!  And this thing was separate from the rest of the poop.  It was longer than my finger, and flat.

Now, when we feed Lily, I cut up some food, like steak because she can't tear into it with her gums and 2 teeth.  Chicken she mows through.  Since we had beef and broccoli, I cut up the food.  So I'm thinking about this, wondering what could it be and what should I do. Jason is out of town, and I (a hypochondriac) have to make the decision if Lily has a parasite or what. 

And I did it.  I fished some weird poop out of the toilet.  And it stunk.  But what do you do with it?  I mean, its POOP!  Its not like I have some special container for gross stuff that comes out of my child's pooper.  And she's pooped out weird stuff, like whole raisins and a gum wrapper with gum in it.  I decided to lay it on the bowl, shut the bathroom door so the cat doesn't get it, and figure out what to do with it while I bleach my hands. 

Meanwhile, Dad calls back and I tell him I think Lily pooped out a worm.  He tells me to keep it and to keep it wet.  So I grabbed a baby food container, filled it with water, and flung it in there.  And bleached the area.  I didn't tell Jason about it right away.  I wanted him to hurry home but having some butt specimen floating in water in a jar for him to investigate would put a hitch in his getty-up. I waited for him to come home.

I showed my parents on Skype, and when Jason came home a day later, he told me what it was: an onion.  She didn't chew it but swallowed it whole.  I fished out a poopy onion.  But I did it for my baby.  To save her life from the parasite that COULD have been growing inside her.

I am truly a mom.  And it does require bleach.

Been a while

Lily's first birthday has come and gone.  We had just a great time in Texas seeing family.  I can't find the video right now; I'll find out from Jay where it is with her smash cake and such.  But here is a video of her eating breakfast.  She really loves her food, and then when she realizes she has an audience, she hams it up.

I imagine her saying "Well hello, I didn't see you there. How are you?  Would you like to join me for some eggs?  They are quite delicious.  Its the real butter that makes a difference."

An update on the rest of her progress.  She is currently cutting her 4 top teeth.  Hopefully they will be out soon.  She is crawling around like a scurrying rat, and is cruising on the furniture really well.  She is really into playing with air vents and singing into a microphone. 

Her eye surgery has been postponed until September since she got her very first ear infection a few days before her surgery.  Can't complain too much since she has been so healthy.  I attribute it to my letting her eat stuff off the floor.  She's just too quick sometimes so I just let it happen.  She ate bark the other day at the park.  I did try to stop that one but she sees me coming for her mouth and swallows.  Not bad for a kid with 2 teeth.  But I'm a good mom and wife; I warn Jason when something unusual may come out the business end.