BUBBLES IN THE BATHTUB
Don D
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Of those of you who have children, can you remember whether the husband or the wife was first to give the baby a bath and why? Our first baby was a girl, the light of my heart then and now. I was abit unfamiliar with little naked baby girls and must have given signals of my discomfort. My mother and wife insisted that I give her a bath (the baby) in one of those little plastic things, not long after we got her home from the hospital. I resisted, then hesitated, then lost the battle to my mother and wife. That probably psychologically did something to help me overcome my discomfort. I learned to change diapers that day too. The next birth was my son, who could pee a straight line 3 feet high from a prone position. I changed his diapers too but never did learn to do that.
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>straight line 3 feet high from a prone position. I changed his diapers
>too but never did learn to do that.
One of the first things I became very good at with the birth of the first of
My 3 sons was to keep the diaper, towel or other absorbent object between my face and his specific body part. It didn't take too many "showers" in the face to realize that I had to learn how to protect myself and learn quickly.
I have 3 kids, 2 boys and a girl and never gave any of them a bath. I don't think my wife trusted me not to accidently drown them. But, I did get the task of drying them off and change many a diaper. I will never forget the first time. My wife had just gone back to teaching and I was alone with my new son for the day - I worked 2nd shift. He woke up crying as babies typically do. When I went to get him, I noticed the stench was quite strong - he had a bowel movement so big and messy, it seeped out of the diaper and he was covered. I thought great, now what? Why do this to me the first time I have to change your diaper? Just then my kid brother walked in the door. Phew... I have some help. So, he held to poor kid down and I cleaned him up the best I could. Good thing no one was taking a video. After that, it was easy.
Chari
Everything you could do wrong with an infant I did...except drop him on his head. Saved that for the second son. By the time I got to the third son, I may not have been perfect, but I sure had a lot of life experience!!
>back right now! They grew up too fast. When my daughter turned three
>she was taking a nap on our bed one afternoon. I laid down beside her
>and cried like a baby because she was growing up so fast. Men can cry
>can't they?
I agree with Don. A few weeks ago I was watching home videos (my brother is in the process of putting every video on dvd) of my two daughters (now age 17 and 14) when they were little. They were running around in those zippered pajamas with the feet. My youngest would always unzip her pajamas to expose her little buddha belly. Watching the videos brought tears to my eyes. I'm not sure where the time went. For those of you with little ones - do not wish they would hurry and grow up because in the blink of an eye they do.
Remember the John Cougar lyrics: "Hold onto 16 as long as you can, changes come around real soon make us women and men" Oops - now I've reverted to thinking about my age. I was 16 when that song came out...and now I'm...well, a little bit older. x:-)
You want to hear somone with problems? My daughter is only 14 months old and I tear up every time I hear a song that has anything to do with a wedding. She's not even grown up and I don't want her to grow up. Do you go legally insane when you have a girl? One of my problems is that I was one of those boys that I don't want around my precious angel. I know what they do, and I know paybacks are hell.
young, too self-centered, too "hippy-like". But even my ex (note the
ex part)says that I raised two really nice people whom everyone likes.
Anyway, there's no looking back. I enjoy others' little ones now
and play,spoil, pamper them. Of course, after I've wound them
tighter than shrink-wrap on a CD at WalMart, I hand them wiggling
back to their mom/dad and say, "Gotta run, bye!"
By the way, today is my 40th birthday and his present to me is to "take" me to a waterpark for fun.
It will be fun.....because of who I am sharing the day with.
Zanne
Wish I were 40 again.
My son turned 15 in June and my wife and I have been talking about how fast time has gone since he was in diapers. While I don't miss the diapers I do miss the innocence of a toddler.
Ever notice how we spent our younger years wishing we were older and now that older has occurred we spend time wishing we were young?
No regrets.
I have had many blessings in my life, but children of my own were not one them, so I have read with envy your stories. .although I have managed to "adopt" everyone elses kids so am grateful for that..
When one of my nephews was a baby, my sister and I were giving him a bath. Somehow the baby oil fell into the tub..Ever try to get a wet, oily squirming year old out of a tub..We laughed til we cried, he thought it was great fun, too.
Gee. When I hit 40 I already had grandchildren. It will be wonderful to spend the day with your son though. Especially if he keeps in mind that everything (the drinks, the rides, etc) are for you. Seeing your kids try to give you the things they like the most is always a blessing.
Monday I am taking the day off to babysit my youngest grandchild (#6) while his parents celebrate their 2nd anniversary by going to an amusement park. He is almost 3 months old and it has been at 9 years since I last watched a little one for so long. I am a bit nervous, but expect to have a good time...maybe as good as you do!