The Devil in Diapers (repost)

Posted by Scott Published in Writing

I have met the Devil. In fact she lives in the same house as me. Of course the people who meet her don’t know that she is the Devil, but I do. She is the devil in diapers. She has a way of masking her true nature, at least from all those who don’t see her all the time. For brief periods she can be the most adorable little thing you’ve ever seen or met, but whoa to the one who crosses her or tries to get her to do something that she doesn’t want to do. Then her true nature shows as bright as the burning fires of Hades. She does all of this and she is barely 10 months old, imagine how bad it will be when she develops her seducers tongue. Add that to her adorable cuteness and wham she will be controlling the world. I know what your thinking. You think that I’m crazy to think that this cute little baby girl could be the Devil in disguise. Believe me, I know what I’m talking about. I’ve seen her bring her mother and I both low with her stubborn desires. Take her sleep habits, or more to the point her “lack of sleep” habits. She refuses to sleep, she thinks that if she sleeps she will miss something. She blatantly fights our attempts to put her down for some peaceful rest. She will sit up, she will literally fight your every attempt to get her to rest. She punches, she kicks, she’ll throw her bottle across the room, and the worse part is she wants mom and dad to not sleep with her. Whoa to you if you believe for one minute that you can leave her alone and catch a few zzzzz’s. See already at 10 months old she thinks that the world revolves around her desires. Tell me that these aren’t the signs of the Beast. I search her daily for the mark of the Beast, that dreaded 666 that will appear any day now.I know that she isn’t really the devil, she is just a VERY, VERY, Stubborn baby. Unfortunately I fear that she gets that deplorable trait from me. I just think that sometimes I swear that when she plays coy and shy, just sometimes mind you, I can see the horns and the fiery glow in her eyes. Sometimes……..