If you’ve never had abdominal surgery, I’m not sure I can adequately convey how painful it is to laugh while you’re still healing.  Talk about laughing until you cry!  I am normally not a commercial watcher thanks to the magic of DVR, but in the hospital I didn’t have much choice.  So when I saw this commercial for Huggies, let’s just say I was calling for some serious pain relief afterward.

Having had 2 boys, I could really relate to this dad’s predicament!  (And I never realized how different changing a girl’s diaper could be.  The fact that I don’t have to be prepared for urine in the face is just now sinking in.)

Then tonight, I was holding my sweet baby girl.  I hate to say anything that will embarrass her in the future, but I have to be brutally honest…the girl could definitely hold her own against any grown man in a gas passing contest.  My toddler was in the room with us when Violet suddenly decided to get a little practice in.  And Colin says “What’s that no-ees? (noise)  Did baby fart?”  But the funniest part was the shocked look on his face and the amazed tone in his voice.  He couldn’t believe that noise had come out of his tiny baby sister!  Once again, I found myself laughing so hard I was nearly in tears from the pain.

Perhaps if I was taking less of the “good drugs” I’d find these things less humorous?  Eh, probably not.

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