"I Told You So!"

"I told you so!" is a new section dedicated to fatherly lessons learned the hard way.  Every time I disregard parental recommendations from my dad, in-laws, family, friends, etc. that end up just as they predicted, I will post them here.

I Told You So #1:  

Scenario:  It was about 3:00am and baby Carter was fussing.  I carried him over to the changing table and unsnapped his onesie to expose his dirty diaper.  I opened his diaper and witnessed a mess that a CSI tech would need to seek counseling for.  I proceeded to wipe him clean with the cold baby wipe and before I could finish, I felt a warm fluid hit on my hand and run down part of my arm.  He was urinating all over me!  I attempted to grab the new diaper from one of the baskets underneath the changing table, but it was too late.  The warm flow of urine was accompanied by more crime scene fecal matter.  Awesome.  I protected what I could with the dirty wipe in my right hand and waited for the horrific event to conclude.  Once Carter completed his mission to initiate dad, he looked up at me and had the biggest smile I've seen thus far.  The little monster knew what we was doing!  He said "I Told You So!"

Recommendation:  Make sure you do not remove the dirty diaper until you have already have a clean diaper underneath the dirty diaper.  This way you can wipe the baby clean and quickly "switch" the diapers while preventing him from initiating you college fraternity style.