Tuesday, February 10, 2009

First ....and second ....Real Bath for Jax

Last night Jax lost the umbilical cord and because of this, we can now give him a regular bath. This evening, we gave him his first real bath and then another brief bath after the first. After the first bath, Bethany wrapped him up in a towel and picked him up. Shortly after this, we heard an eruption in Bethany's arms. Jax had decided to relieve himself before we got a diaper on him. The picture below is somewhat graphic. If you have a weak stomach, don't look at it. For those of you who may not have children or maybe it has been along time since you changed the diaper of a newborn, this is what newborn poop looks like. As you can imagine, we had to give him another short bath directly after this event. So Jax recieved two baths on his "first bath day".




4 comments:

Carrie said...

awesome. Gotta love the mustard stage. Congrats guys and we're glad everyone's home and adjusting.

josh said...

hey russ and bethany!

wonderful picture! my favorite is when it comes out the top of the diaper and gets all over their back and clothes.

your family looks beautiful, congratulations on Jax's birth! let's try to hook up once your life gets back into groove ... i'd love to meet your little boys, and i've got a sweet little girl i'd love to introduce you too :-) we have the first Hopedoor offspring! see you guys!

- josh

Anonymous said...

I had a pretty bad "flashback" viewing that picture. I don't think your warning was strong enough....LOL He is a beautiful baby.

Laura said...

Its pretty sad that I miss the days of easy pooping. Now pooping is something I'm always trying to get mine to do!