My Diaper Changing Tips For Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg posted a photo of himself on Facebook changing his daughter's diaper (duh, like he'd Tweet it). The Internet is losing their collective minds about it. My initial instinct was to be cynical and accuse him of a silly PR fake photo. Even if it is staged it's a cute photo. So instead of mocking the pic I decided to help a new dad out. As a veteran dad of three kids I did notice a few things to help a new dad out, and one or two that are complete red flags.
One more down, thousands to go.
Posted by Mark Zuckerberg on Friday, December 11, 2015
1 - Mark, you don’t have to take off all of her clothes to change her diaper. If the onezie she’s wearing requires total removal, you need to put your foot down about more practical clothing.
2 - Just throw the wipe warmer away now. It is the most pointless invention in the history of baby equipment.
3 - You have to do something about the picture on the wall in the next 9 - 12 months. Either move it and leave a bare wall, or screw the whole thing down to the wall right through the frame. You don’t want her pulling that down on herself, or you. If it has glass, remove it or replace it with plexi-glas. Nevermind, just move it. Trust me.
4 - Maybe it’s just for the picture, but it’s way easier to stand perfectly perpendicular to the baby.
5 - Put the new diaper under her before you remove the dirty diaper. In case something rolls or drops out, you won’t have to change the cover on the changing pad.
6 - Totally optional suggestion: lose the teddy bear. It will just get in your way. Some day she will have one of those wicked blowouts and there will be poop everywhere. I do mean everywhere! You will be freaking out because it will be on your hands and as a dude you will instinctively try to solve the problem and poor Teddy will be the victim.
7 - Paint the wall a little darker. We just painted our boys’ room a shade close to the color of your daughter’s room but it’s darker. The reason you want it darker is because stuff mysteriously gets on the wall. Sticky little hands leave sticky residue behind. Then again, you can afford to pay someone to wipe the wall for you after every diaper.