A few days ago a friend of mine awoke to the alarm clock that is her 11 month old son. It was morning, he was awake. He needed a diaper change and out of that crib.
As my friend was changing him she was startled to see a gooey white crystal and gelatinous substance on his belly, and crusted in his belly button. Since she is a neurotic mother, she naturally assumed his belly button had exploded, exposing his intestines, or whatever is behind the belly button. She screamed for her husband and together they decided to collect the goo in Tupperware to bring it with them to the hospital.
As they were preparing to go to the hospital they called the doctor. That's when the nurse pointed out that his diaper had broken over night, exposing the gelatin and crystal mix that absorbs the urine inside the diaper.
I cant help but think I would have had the exact same reaction. Who has ever heard of a diaper ripping? And who knew there was anything but cotton in there?
I did a little research and found that this is actually quite a common concern and plenty of frantic moms have posted on Yahoo message boards about their babies having crystals in their diapers.
I'm filing this away so that one day I don't freak out when my own child poops crystal.
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