The First Big Boy Bath

Joshua's umbilical cord fell off on day nine (while waiting for his first doctor appointment). We finally got around to giving him a big boy bath in a bath tub this past Saturday. Jim and I struggled with the logistics of how to clean him up from a messy diaper and transport him to the tub without Joshua spraying en route. Jim thought we could try wrapping a cloth diaper around him in transit. So that worked, it just seems there may be a better way that we need to figure out.


Joshua seemed to like the bath okay. He fussed a little at first as he tried to figure out what was going on. But once he was covered in the warm water he really seemed to enjoy it.

Look at how fat his little belly is getting. Jim says he looks like a gecko. Guess he's getting ready to add to his length...



I was also worried about if he would tinkle in the towel. He didn't this time and it was just nice to have his naked little body all wrapped up without a diaper.


He's so stinkin' cute!


Another major milestone this weekend was having Joshua sleep the nights in his crib in his room. He's been napping in it during the day so we thought the transition would be pretty easy - and it was. We were just waiting for the baby monitor to arrive so we could hear him. He slept just as well in the crib as he had been in the bassinet in our room. So we were able to take the Pack 'N Play with the bassinet out of our room and get our room back to normal. It was pretty cramped in there.