Becoming a bottom sniffer

It's official, I have become a bottom sniffer.

I used to look at parents sniffing their children's bottoms and say to myself "is that really necessary?".  Well I can tell you it is.  There is nothing quite as disheartening as stripping a fighting baby to change his nappy only to discover there was no need.  Other than opening the parcel, the sniff test is the only way to distinguish a fart from a full on follow-through.

We're nearly 7 weeks in, I would guess I'm nearing my 500th nappy change and that's not counting those done by Ivan.  The books say that in the second month that the number of changes diminishes, but it also says that I should be able to change a nappy one-handed...I'm becoming pretty good, but I'm not that good.  So every nappy that I don't have to change is a blessing.  Hurrah for bottom sniffers.