Good morning, Everyone!
It's about 45 degrees right now....according to the weather man, 60's should be about the norm this time of year! Oh well! I have given up wishing the cold weather away because it seems that I am wasting my time and energy. The longer the cold sticks around, the less I want my mittens and scarf to brave the temps that earlier in the season would have been "unbearable".
Anyways, I have exciting news! Justin and I attended our first baby class last night! This is the first of three Caring Baby/Carseat Classes that we will be attending. Then we will go to one Breastfeeding Class, and then three Childbirth Classes....whew! Justin is taking one class at church and two school classes at the same time, but he is such a sport and keeps on trucking although his days start around 6 and it's well after 8 before he gets any down-time.
Last night we learned about all kinds of "stuff". Like how baby boys pee on you when you change their diapers, how to properly wipe a baby when you change his diaper, how to treat the belly button before it falls off, and how to interact with the baby.
Thankfully the baby interaction part seemed very natural and it felt good to know that even if we hadn't decided to get more prepared by taking these classes that Daniel Austin wouldn't have ended up with some disorder because his Mommy and Daddy didn't know how to be nurturing and caring.
The part that did not seem natural, and made me cringe, was the belly button. I can comfortably say that the whole belly button turning black and falling off grosses me out more than labor and delivery. There is good news though! Rubbing alcohol dries out the belly button, so applying it often (more than 3x per day) encourages the belly button to fall off faster! I already have a whole bottle of alcohol that I plan to use to get that belly button to fall off in record time!
Oh yeah, I forgot to ask, and they didn't mention in the video, does the rotting belly button get stinky?
It's about 45 degrees right now....according to the weather man, 60's should be about the norm this time of year! Oh well! I have given up wishing the cold weather away because it seems that I am wasting my time and energy. The longer the cold sticks around, the less I want my mittens and scarf to brave the temps that earlier in the season would have been "unbearable".
Anyways, I have exciting news! Justin and I attended our first baby class last night! This is the first of three Caring Baby/Carseat Classes that we will be attending. Then we will go to one Breastfeeding Class, and then three Childbirth Classes....whew! Justin is taking one class at church and two school classes at the same time, but he is such a sport and keeps on trucking although his days start around 6 and it's well after 8 before he gets any down-time.
Last night we learned about all kinds of "stuff". Like how baby boys pee on you when you change their diapers, how to properly wipe a baby when you change his diaper, how to treat the belly button before it falls off, and how to interact with the baby.
Thankfully the baby interaction part seemed very natural and it felt good to know that even if we hadn't decided to get more prepared by taking these classes that Daniel Austin wouldn't have ended up with some disorder because his Mommy and Daddy didn't know how to be nurturing and caring.
The part that did not seem natural, and made me cringe, was the belly button. I can comfortably say that the whole belly button turning black and falling off grosses me out more than labor and delivery. There is good news though! Rubbing alcohol dries out the belly button, so applying it often (more than 3x per day) encourages the belly button to fall off faster! I already have a whole bottle of alcohol that I plan to use to get that belly button to fall off in record time!
Oh yeah, I forgot to ask, and they didn't mention in the video, does the rotting belly button get stinky?
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