Rules #267 & #268

Rule #267: Never forget the final step of assembling a bottle - screwing on the lid. It is the most important.

Rule # 268: If you happen to forget to screw the lid on the bottle, you might want to dress your kid in a swimsuit and have plenty of towels on hand.

Wow. Last night was almost comical, except that I wasn’t laughing at 2am. Both of the girls woke up at the same time so I put them in a boppy pillow to give them their bottles. I found this to be the easiest way to feed both at the same time – they each sit in a boppy while Ryan and Nugget snore on the other side of our king size bed. Anyway, I was so impressed with Allison – she was guzzling her bottle and was almost through before her sister had even finished an ounce. It was about that time I discovered she was soaking wet (and for once it wasn’t on the bottom-it was her top half!). Apparently in my sleep deprived state I forgot to screw the bottle lid on completely, and it was so dark I hadn't noticed that poor Alli had formula all over her. It was everywhere – including all over the bed. So I had to stop to change her and clean her up, which meant I had to interrupt feeding Molly. Of course she was not pleased with that and didn’t hesitate to let me know. So Molly was screaming and Allison was soaking wet. Nice. Luckily Ryan heard the commotion and woke up to rescue us. He fed Molly while I cleaned and finished feeding Allison. Then we were too tired to change our sheets so Ryan put a towel over the wet spot for me and I went back to sleep. For another couple hours, anyway…