When The Mayor was less than a week old, my mom noticed that his inner thighs were completely black and blue.
We called the pediatrician and they asked us to bring him in.
The intake nurse was pretty disconcerted when she saw his legs.
One after another, the pediatricians filed in to have a look.
The Mayor seemed fine, didn’t appear to be in any pain and didn’t wince or cry when the black and blue spots were touched.
The doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong with him.
This weekend, I went to my friend Tomi’s baby shower.
Seeing all the tiny newborn clothes reminded me of The Mayor’s shower, being close to the end of my first pregnancy and being a new mom.
I thought about his tiny, little diapers.
At the baby shower that my friend Michele threw for me, the guests were given a marker and a stack of newborn diapers.
Each guest wrote messages and drew pictures on the diapers so that K and I would be amused during 3:00 a.m. feedings.
The diapers were hilarious.
They were especially funny when one of the pediatricians examining The Mayor’s legs finally looked at his diaper. “Hmmmm,” she said. “Do you think it might be magic marker?”
Doh!
Monday, April 14, 2008
Shower Gifts
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Oops! I have had moments like that, but luckily they didn't involve the doctors office!
hilarious. didn't know that one.
Ha! I think that one definitely needs to be written up in JAMA!
Didn't even think of that, neither did you, huh? Hilarious!!
I JUST had a moment like that . . . my son had this finger that looked like it had been smashed in a car door. I was confused until I noticed the dark blanket he had been sitting on. Doh!
Bwah! I have a friend that went through something simliar... cept it was her husband... and it had to do with massive intake of red velvet cake and thinking there was blood in his stool... and a trip to the ER... heh
Oh that is just too funny!
holy crap that rules all things ruleable
My friend Maria took her newborn in to the pediatrician because she thought he looked jaundice.
The ped. peered at the baby for awhile and then said: "Did you know if you were having a boy or a girl?"
Maria said no.
The ped. said, "I bet he's wearing a lot of yellow and green clothes, then."
Yup. No jaundice, just another wardrobe malfunction.
Hahahahahahaha. I love this. Great story.
LMAO!
That is hilarious.
i love that story, can totally relate. the tiny diapers really kill me. we saved one of my girl's preemie diapers and a favorite preemie one-piece pj set. i can barely stand to look at it, i get so verklempt.
Oh gawd, this post almost made me snarf!! T
That is just so funny. So funny that I don't even know what else to say except BWAA HA HA HA HA!
Ha! That's classic.
That is too funny.
It reminds me of the story of the woman who went to the gynecologist with the glitter . . .
It's a medical miracle!
that's great. in my post partum stupor i would have freaked!
LOL - and what did the doctor's office put down as the "diagnosis"?
I love the idea, and it's hilarious that it caused a dr. trip!
Hey that's a great idea for a shower...I'm tucking that away for the next one I throw.
I've never had a baby shower or heard about people writing messages on diapers. That is so funny! Thanks for sharing this! I have been touched by your posts on your family and all the generations of wonderful women. I didn't have anything like that in my family. I can't wait to start a tradition like that with my girls. Hope you have a great week!
Hilarious! What a smart pediatrician.
That's hilarious. New parents- we're so hysterical.
We had a similar moment....
At the daycare, the kids diapers are stacked at the changing station, so they write the kids initials on the fold mark of the diaper with a marker. A red marker.
One warm day last year, they had the kids in the sprinkler. Will's pants were a little damp when we got home, so I took him up to change his outfit. When I took his shorts off, there was a big RED smear between his legs, Joe thought he was bleeding.
Oh, my! Oh, my! I can imagine the feeling of embarrassment but that is sooooo funny!
Oh hell, that is so funny
I'm sure as a high school track star, he'll experience the inescapable running short chafing and be stricken by a trauma deja vu that he won't quite be able to place...maybe encourage him to try wrestling...or not, those unitards are their own special kind of trauma.
That exact same thing happened to me. I was writing Hailey's name on her diapers and it wiped off on her thighs. I was just about to call the cops when I figured it out.
The female pediatrician figured that one out. Wonder how many baby showers she had been to.
laughing
OOohhh too funny
thank you for sharing!
Best of intentions...
I hope the doctor had a sense of humour.
I almost rushed DrKnow to the doctor when he was 18 months old. His stool was flecked with red. It was blood, I thought. BLODD! Internal Bleeding! AAAAHHHH!
Then I remembered the day before he'd eaten a red wax crayon. Aha!
Hahahahaha!!! That's a great story.
Oh! I was so worried about The Mayor there for a second!
I'm so relieved it was just Magic Marker.
You had me.
That is a great shower game. That is not a great way to shell out a co-pay.
D'oh! is right.
But my lawd, that's funny.
OMG, that is too funny. Of course the nurse and docs were thinkin' abuse. I bet they were as releived as you.
And we tell the kids to be careful with the markers.
OMG. That is pretty funny. I love the idea of the jokes in the middle of the night too. That would have helped!
pmzxThat is really funny.
That's hilarious! So glad that's all it was. I'm sure you were making a short list of who you have to kill for hurting Mayor.
Ha! Too funny.
Way funny story & what a great idea!
LMBO....too funny!
that's frickin' hilariuos!!
I just spit out my beverage...all over the key board...too funny!
I love looking back at those Shirley Mclaine moments we all have with our first newborn. I have a nine year old and a 10 month old and let me tell you I am so much more relaxed about EVERYTHING this time around!
Wonderful story.
Nicole
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