Pee-pee Teepee

I'm going to sit and let you ponder the title of this post for a minute.  What kinds of images are coming to mind, I wonder?  What could these two things possibly have in common?  What strange thing am I about to be exposed to?

Well, I was talking to CC today, and he told me that his wife found a neat little invention called the "Pee-pee Teepee," which is a little cloth cone that you can place over a boy's wee-wee while you're changing him, so that he doesn't...well...wee-wee on you.  This might just be the answer I have been looking for to deal with part of my diaper-changing woes.  Hazmat suit and "Pee-pee Teepees," and I'll be all set.  Not likely, but a man can dream, right?

Honestly though, I feel like this is cheating.  I mean if you're not getting shot in the eye, then I feel like you're not doing it right.  It's like a right of passage.  It's part of the process.  Besides, I can still imagine my baby boy holding it until the very moment that I remove that cone and then "bam!" right in the face.

Uncle Ka

Today, my brother sent me this picture of a baby in an "Intake/Exhaust" onesie.  He told me that he's totally getting this for the baby and telling him that it's from his Uncle Ka.  I would like my kid to refer to my brother as Uncle Ka; I think that's cool.  It's also easy, because it's only one syllable!

His wife and her family originally started calling him Ka, because that's the Spanish pronunciation of the first letter of his name.  It was a cool nickname, so it stuck.  What wasn't cool was when they realized that his initials were KK, so they could call him KaKa, which in Spanish means "poop."

While that still might go with a theme of the baby, I think we'll just stick with Uncle Ka.

Overwhelmed

I might be in very real trouble.  I am out of my element here, and I am terrified.  I sat down today to start doing research on baby stuff.  First on the list was strollers and car seats.  O...M...G...  There are so many things to consider! 

For strollers, it starts with what kind of terrain are you going to be using it on.  Seriously?!  Yes, seriously.  The terrain dictates wheel material for durability and wear-and-tear, shock absorbers for smoothness of ride, storage and carrying capacity for duration of trip, handle-bar length and mobility for comfortable movement distance from the stroller, seat-facing direction for watching the baby or the baby watching the world, fixed or swivel front wheels for maneuverability through tight spaces, etc., etc.  Not to mention deciding if you want it to have a fixed seat or be a part of a travel system, where the car seat snaps directly onto the stroller base.  And then you have to consider whether you're going to have a growing family with children close together in age.  Because you need to think about whether it's a single-seater stroller or has the capability to expand for multiple children.  Not to mention safety ratings, brands, construction materials, colors, cleanability...what the carp!

Exploring the travel system, led me to start looking at car seats.  It's even worse!  Are you going to get a car seat that snaps directly into the stroller base or do you need an adapter to make it work?  Does it have enough padding to support the baby's head?  Is it made from harmful flame retardant material?  Is it comfortable?  Does the baby like it?  Are the straps too tight to expand with the baby's growth?  Are the straps removable, so they can be cleaned?  Does it rock?  How heavy is it?  Is it safe?

I'm overwhelmed.  These are important decisions, so how can I possibly make the right one?!  What if I screw up?  What if the baby doesn't like it?  More importantly, if I can't even decide on the first thing on my list, then what hope do I have for the other fifty items?!  I'm starting to hyperventilate.  I'm over here trying to do Lamaze breathing, but I'm not sure if I'm doing that right either!