The Case Of The Missing Diaper

For the uninitiated, the past few weeks have been spent at my house without a dishwasher.

We have a new one on the way, but being that it was purchased in New Orleans and arranged for delivery in Shreveport, it has been much cause for confusion for the delivery folk.

This has meant that I have been spending quite a bit of time on the phone in some attempt at reaching someone who might be able to schedule the missing dishwasher for delivery.

Meanwhile, the babies have been busy in the other part of the house making mischief!

It's amazing the things that kids can come up with to do while Mumsy is busy on the phone trying to conduct some sort of business.

Kaiden managed to pull the decorate pieces out of the fireplace somehow.

He decided that they would decorate the dining room table much better, so he moved them in there.

Kian, meanwhile, has discovered that if he stands on the second tier of one of the end tables, he can see in between the houses behind us and watch the traffic and construction crews work over on Creswell.

Then, last but not least, there is the beautiful and very industrious Baby Vivienne.

She has been exhibiting signs of potty training readiness as of late, and has taken advantage of Mumsy being on the phone to demonstrate some of her new-found abilities.

This means that if another baby is dirty, or wet, and she discovers it, she will very kindly fetch them a diaper and wipes in hopes that they will somehow change themselves.

She knows it is possible, because as of late, she has mastered a new talent.

It's very much a talent that will lead to, later in life, her learning to remove her bra without taking off her shirt, really.

Yep, she has mastered removing her own diaper without even having to remove her panties or her other clothing.

I made this discovery quite on accident (pun very much intended) and found that she was soaking wet, yet there wasn't a diaper to be found in her pajama pant leg.

I cleaned her up, changed her diaper and her pajama's, and set out to find the missing diaper.

I looked through all of the toy bins. I checked the train table, its drawers, and the surrounding areas.

I checked inside the stove, the playhouse, and even inside the chimney of the playhouse, all to no avail.

The missing diaper was not in any of the doll houses, it wasn't in any of the toy trucks, or inside any of the babies cabinets or drawers in the kitchen.

I could not find it ANYWHERE! Keep in mind that at this point I had absolutely no idea if that diaper was simply wet, or if it contained more potent contents.

All I knew was that it existed, and that it had to be somewhere inside my house!

After Bregon got back from camp, I had him search as well, thinking that maybe I had overlooked it in my haste or that maybe I was just being dense in my frustration or something.

Bregon could not find the missing diaper either, and he looked EVERYWHERE that he could think of,too!

That diaper was missing for nearly two whole days before I finally discovered its whereabouts.

As it turns out, she apparently had taken it off, and rolled it carefully inside her blanket.

Then, when it was time for bed, she snuck that diaper upstairs into the nursery and hid it in the corner behind the stereo where she normally tosses her dollies when she needs more room in her bed to sleep.

But, at least it was finally accounted for, and thankfully it was only wet and not icky and stinky as it could have been!

I still don't have that dishwasher yet, but at least I know that my kids have new tricks and can head off any more incidences of diaper disposal or hiding!