What a day

I get up today to let the cats out. We don't get past the first flight of steps and they want back in.
I pack my laundry and off to babysit after cat treat.

I arrived and almost immediately my niece says she smells poo. You smell poo, I ask. Here, she says and points to her diaper. My brother-in-law reminds her she is suppose to go poo in the potty. Change diapers and brother-in-law takes a nap. Niece needs to go bathroom again, but nothing comes out. We play with our toys and read books, watch a little Dora and Little Mermaid. Eat a snack of peanut butter and jelly. Brother-in-law wakes up and she is poopy again. This time seeped out of the diaper and change of clothes was in order. As my brother-in-law applies diaper cream and niece screams bloody murder of Get it off, It hurts, and I want Mommy please. I walk in wondering what the fuss about and see the very nasty diaper rash. She has diaherria and doesn't like her diaper changed.

Nap time and baby is sleepy, but wants to play and read stories. Brother-in-law leaves and I say the M-word so she cries for Mommy for the next hour. I try my best to get her to lie down and nap. No luck. I try to pretend to sleep and she walks around the house. I hear her ask to the cats if they want to go outside. I thought she was playing with her doll where she puts the doll's coat on, walk around the house pretending to be outside, and comes back saying they are back inside. No, she opened the back and went outside in bare feet and no coat. Cats touched the snow and ran in. She screams, Help me, because she has ice on her bare feet. And my Dad calls to announce what room my Mom who had knee surgery is in. I can't hear him well from niece screaming. I brush off the ice and ask her if she really went outside and shut the back door, and locked it. My sister is in the driveway.

I tell my sister niece was naughty going outside by herself and put my niece's slippers on to warm her ice cold feet. She needs another diaper change. More diaper cream to screaming protests. Apparently they have 3 kinds of diaper cream and vasoline. Sister rocks her and decides to bathe the baby to smell fresh for our visit to the hospital. Her doll takes a bath with her and gets lotion rubbed on her head by my niece like a good mommy. She gets fresh clothes and rocks a bit with Mommy. Time to visit Grandma. I drive because sister can't drive at night, and I drive her car to the hospital (car seat is in her car).

Mom/Grandma is in absolute misery and terrible pain, expected after knee surgery today. Her leg was wrapped in bandages so we didn't get the horror show of staples and screws. Niece was a little nervous with Mom/Grandma looking a little scary with tubes and oxygen nose thing. I guess they have her leg iced to keep down swelling. I tried to make Mom feel better by saying someday all this will be a distant memory. Mom agreed as did sister. I hugged and kissed Mom good-bye. Niece held Grnadma's finger good-bye. Grandma leaned over and kissed niece's head. Nurses came to run an excerise machine for her other leg. Mom sensed doom. She says it kills her. I assumed they were going to exercise her other leg not having surgery, but not moving either. Came back home to a snack and I left before it was ready for bed. I kiss niece good-bye. My niece said, Merry Christmas.

Now it is my bedtime. Post later. Bye!