Leina has the best imagination.

She loves to mother all her dollies and her favorite pastime is changing diapers. These dolls must pop a lot because every day, Leina goes through the potty ritual with them.

First, she pulls out the changing mat and places a diaper down. Then, she selects the doll of choice and places her on the diaper. Lately, she’s added a new step to her routine. At this point, she’ll cruise around the room until she finds “toy” which she then brings to dolly. I suppose the idea is that dolly can play with the toy and be happy while the changing occurs.

Next is Leina’s favorite part. The diaper wipes. It takes anywhere from 10 -15 diaper wipes to clean her doll. I can only surmise that the toy dolls in our house suffer from the world’s worst case of the runs due to the excessive wiping that occurs. During the wiping favor, Leina announces “nasty poopy!” with great feeling. After wiping, she applies cream to the “butt” and the cheeks of dolly’s face. Finally, dolly is wrapped in diaper and declared “all done!”

I just love watching this whole routine. I’m hoping by the time little sister comes along, Leina will be an old pro and can handle a change all on her own.

Wishful thinking? Perhaps, but you never know!