Emma had her first real bath a week or so ago, just after she lost her little umbilical cord stump. Here she is in the tub getting ready to be washed. She wasn't that happy about any of this.
All the kids wanted to come in and see her getting her bath. Even John brought in a little stool to climb up and see her. Here is Grant checking her out.
Emma was a lot less happy about the whole bath thing once we started pouring water on her.
Make it stop!!
Poor Emma.
Eventually we got her all clean. It actually didn't take long since she isn't very big and Scott and I know what we are doing now when it comes to bathing a newborn. We've had lots of practice. :)
All bundled up in the towel. She still didn't feel happy.
Once we got her into nice dry clothes she felt better again.
Oh, it's good to be clean!
This bath was over a week ago, but Emma is doing well. According to the bath scale at home she is almost up to 8 pounds now. Way to go Emma! She has stopped sleeping quite so much during the day but wants to eat all the time. I feed her a lot and I think she is growing pretty well. I feel hungry and drained all the time - I'm blaming the semi-constant nursing for that. But having four other kids might have something to do with it too. At least the part about being tired. When she's not eating she wants to be held, so getting things done has gotten a lot more complicated. She may be riding in the baby carrier a lot. And she's doing a little better at night - slightly longer periods of sleep. So I think we are at least moving in the right direction. We shall see!
And here is a bonus photo of John getting bathed at the same age. He was 9 pounds 6 ozs when he was born (vs. Emma's 5lbs, 8 ozs). In the same tub he looks like a giant compared to Emma. Emma has some chunking up to do.
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