The Bomb

I need to give a shout out to a few people.

Big thanks to:
Amber Braudrick for 2 plastic bags of baby boy clothes.
Brian & Andrea Mangus for a box of diapers (assorted sizes).
Jack and Shonda Hendrix for that (very cool) book/blanket thing. (No idea how to explain it, but it is cool).

But this post is really about diapers.

He's right, pirates don't change diapers.

Lot's of people have interesting views of who I am. Many of those views are based less on their knowledge of me and more on their stereotypes and biases of what a 'man' is. That's okay, I'm not criticizing them. We all have stereotypes and biases, some of which are important to keep us alive. But, I want to set the record straight on how Jeremy faces the prospect of changing literally thousands of diapers over the next few years.

Here it is: "Meh, been there, done that."

See, I used to work at a day care child care center. It was a fun job and eventually led me to study school psychology. Mo worked there with me for a bit. I worked with just about every age group. My favorite was the 2 year old. Guess what happens in the 2 year old room? F-ing tons of diaper changes. I changed between 12 and 20 kids diapers about 2-3(+) times per day for about a year. Do the math on that. (it's at least 5000 diapers). Now, I didn't do them all, all the time. I had people helping me in the room. But still, a bazillion diapers.

amateurs

So, yeah, they are nothing new.

I think my biggest concern is not the changing of the diapers (pish). I am vastly more concerns with looking cool while doing so.

Diaper bags just look horrid. Even on women. They are bland, uninspired and often trendy-tacky. There must be like 3 (women) who design all the accessories because there are only 3 main designs and a few variations on those. All of them look like they are for girl or 'gender-neutral' (or more accurately, butch-girly).

Then I saw this.

Sweet

Daddy like

Yes. This.

Turns out there is this whole sub-culture of more masculine parenting accessories. Diaper bags, diaper vests*, etc. Not much of this is going to turn up at your local wal-mart or Target. But online, places like DadGear, DiaperDad, and others are an oasis in a sea of pink and frilly. 

*

This is a diaper vest.

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