Princess and the Pea. 3-21-12

She's almost outgrown her bassinet/diaper changing station  

There is an old children’s story of the Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen. The story tells of a Danish prince in search of a real princess to marry. One night during a terrible storm, a woman arrives on his doorstep claiming to be a princess. As a test, his mother hid a pea under 20 mattresses to see if the woman was a true princess—a true princess would be so discriminating that even a pea would disturb her sleep. And so it was, and so she was: the pea disturbed her sleep, and she was a princess.

Dunstan baby language says ‘Neh’ means uncomfortable. And it’s the one that Boop says very frequently. Mom calls Boop the Little Princess. I don’t know if she would be disturbed by a pea under her mattress, but she is definitely disturbed by pee in her diaper. It definitely keeps her from sleeping. One drop, and she shrieks, ‘AH-nayyyyy’. Sometimes it almost seems like she is anticipating wetting her diaper. I need to double check that there is nothing wrong with Boop. Otherwise, we’ll just have to concentrate on keeping her dry.