Adventures in Babysitting

For this blog, I have to give a special Shout-Out to Husband as he's the focus of this story which I thought everyone would get a kick out of. Keep in mind that I'm due exactly 7 weeks from today.
Vegas SIL was in town last week and brought our sweet, teething (ie. drooling) nephew along for the ride so Husband was tasked with watching Nephew while we went to my first baby shower. Quick facts: Shower was from 10:30 to 12:30 - Nephew was dropped off in a onesie, fed with a clean diaper around 10:00 with plans to pick up after the shower was over - Husband had cereal/peas on-hand in the event that Nephew got hungry and toys were provided. During the shower, SIL got a call from Husband asking where the paci was as Nephew was starting to cry & he couldn't find Nephew's "normal" one...we navigated him to Uno's room to get the spare paci that was a freebie from Babies R Us when I registered and if that couldn't be found, to give the kid a nipple from a bottle. Around 12:15, SIL got another call and had to leave as Husband could not get Nephew to calm down. When I got home, here is the recap I got from Husband.
- Nephew arrived at 10:00 and was happy until about 10:45ish when he started crying
- Husband walked with him, tried to soothe and put down in his pack n play when he first started to cry
- Husband waited approximately 30 seconds after putting Nephew in the pack n play to go back in and pick him up b/c he was still crying
- Husband thought that Nephew might have a dirty diaper and if he changed him the crying would stop. Here the story gets funny. Husband did not realize that the onesie Nephew came in had snaps on the crotch so when he went to check his diaper, he had to unsnap the shoulder buttons and shimmy the onesie down Nephew. This only resulted in louder crying and a frustrated Husband as the diaper was not dirty. Needless to say, the onesie stayed off.
- Husband's last resort was to try and feed Nephew. If anyone has ever tried this with a crying baby, you know it's not the easiest task. Every time Nephew would open his mouth loud to cry, Husband would shove a spoonful of baby food in his mouth. The result was 1/2 the food never making it past Nephew's face and the other 1/2 coming out as the crying continued.
By the time SIL arrived, she was handed an almost naked baby with food all over his face and body. Poor Husband was so frazzled, he asked that SIL be considerate the next time she left her baby and make sure he had an easier outfit to change on. Both SIL and MIL were on the floor rolling when he explained how he took off the onesie.
Can't wait to have a baby with this man! Things will always be funny in our house!!!