You know those people who give their babies a warm bath in the evenings to soothe and calm them and get them in the mood for bed? The smiling parents gently soap up little hands and feet while the happy baby splashes and laughs. It sounds lovely, doesn’t it? Too bad NONE OF THAT IS HAPPENING HERE!
I don’t know what the problem is, but bathing is apparently torture for Rory. It starts out innocent enough – we dip her into the tub and set her in the seat bit. I start washing her and she seems perfectly fine. Then halfway through the bath, for no discernible reason, she suddenly screams and then there is no consoling her. I have to rush through the rest of the washing and pull her out, dry her off as fast as possible, feverishly slather her with lotion so I can get her pajamas on and pick her up, all the while the screaming is making her turn a delightful shade of beet.
I can’t quite figure it out. If the water was too hot she would scream right away, right? She’s not in there long enough for the water to get too cold. I don’t get it, and the screaming is so awful that we only bathe her once or twice a week so we don’t have to deal with it. It’s not like she’s crawling around on the dirty floor or grabbing at slimy, germy objects yet, but after a while she starts to smell like a fragrant cheese from the milk she collects in her hands during feedings. Maybe she’ll grow out of it, but it’s going to be annoying once she’s crawling around to have to bathe her every day if she wails like a tortured animal.
Poop-watch ’09: 4 days without poop. Where is the poop?
I never had much luck with those baby tubs. I always ended up just taking them into the bath with me.
As for the poop, breastfeeding babies metabolize most of that breastmilk, and if they are going through a growth spurt, you may not see a poop for up to a week. Watch out when it finally comes, though! Poop-splosion!
By: unfitforreality on October 16, 2009
at 6:38 pm