Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Bath #3, Baby Does #2

Yesterday evening David and I gave Adam his third tub bath (well, at least the 3rd one that we've given him). First he got sponge baths in his isolette, then we were able to do a tub bath but David was already scheduled to work. The last time, I did the bath in a separate room all by myself, and while its nice to have him alone for a little while, away from all the nurses and monitors, the bath was stressful. I was so glad to have David there to help me last night.

The evening nurse had everything all gathered up for us when we got there and we took him over to a bed with a heater over it in a procedures room. We went ahead and weighed him so he didn't have to get undressed again at midnight, and he weighed 4 lbs, 4 oz! Many times, the nurses all have different thoughts on how to give the baby a bath, but this time we were able to figure it out ourselves. We got the water just right, David got Adam undressed, and we placed him in the tub. David was holding and I was just starting to wash him when he tooted and made a bubble. We immediately doubled over with laughter and then realized he had left us a floater in the tub! The baby was just sitting there looking at us and we were laughing but trying to figure out what to do next.

I started emptying the tub and David took Adam out and quickly wrapped him up so he wouldn't get cold. By the time I had the tub clean, we looked and he had peed all in his blanket! What lessons we learned! The rest of the bath was great and we had him all cleaned up and were dressing him when we realized he had managed to pull out his NG tube! So it was very eventful!

However, we were able to get a picture of Adam with nothing on his face!

Warning: Next bath Thursday!





3 comments:

  1. lisa and david--i am just imagining this situation and how funny it must have been! it's good to know that adam got his aunt cady's sense of humor and love for practical jokes!

    i love you all and continue to pray for you!

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  2. Hey Lisa and David,
    I can guarantee that it will not be the last time that happens! I'm so glad he seems to be doing just fine and before you know it he will weigh what Karissa did-5lbs 3oz!!!

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  3. It looks like he is getting a little belly. (Happens to everyone this time of year.)

    I wish we'd gotten a chance to see him when we were in Lexington, but the kids were both sick and we didn't want to pass that on. Hopefully we'll get to see him soon!

    Sara Mahan

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