Recently in the news there was a story about a blogger who posted that she rarely bathed her newborn baby. Apparently, she was raked over the coals for this. People think babies need baths. People like to smell baby soap and baby lotion. People did not approve of her saying that washing the babies face and diaper area daily is okay.
I had to agree with this blogger lady. My babies don’t get a lot of baths. I don’t think it is good for their skin or their emotions (have you ever seen how mad a baby gets while bathing?!).
Anyway, Bobby got his first full sponge bath when he was a little over a week old (September 14). He didn’t seem to like it.
The other boys seemed very interested in Bobby’s bath … for about 3 minutes. Then they were done.
I will admit that I love how extra fuzzy a new baby’s hair is right after a bath.
I love fuzzy heads.
Bobby was 6 weeks old before I gave him his first bathtub bath (October 20). He didn’t really seem to like that one either.
The cat didn’t really seem to like it either. He was looking into the tub over my shoulder the whole time and I was afraid he would attack my head as a way of protecting the baby!
After the bath, with that soft and fuzzy head, Bobby seemed to let me know that he was in no hurry to repeat that event any time soon.
And there you go.