On April 2 we gave Jackson his first bath. Before this I had been giving him wet wipe baths. Wet wipes paired with baby lotion makes for a pretty good, clean baby... but not the same as an actual bath.
I love our bath tub! When I first started looking at baby things this was the tub I wanted. It was online only so I didn't add it to our registry at first. We didn't get the tub at one of our showers so I ordered it with gift cards. It's cream (nice and gender neutral for future babies) with an attachment for newborns so they are comfy. The attachment has animals and letters on it, which I think is adorable. It came with some bath toys and a bottle to pour water on the baby with. Jack isn't quite big enough to need all those extras yet, but someday! We did receive our bath caddy (a green submarine), lots of different bath soaps and shampoos, and a bunch of rubber duckies and some other rubber bath animals.
Since Jack's umbilical cord was still attached, I didn't fill his tub with water. I ran the water outside the tub and wash-clothed him clean. For the first half of the bath he didn't seem to mind being in the tub. He seemed to enjoy getting his body scrubbed, but when we got to his hair he fussed.
Matt videotaped the first half of the bath. He began taking pictures during the second half. I love his crying face! He is such an adorable baby, even when he is crying! That makes those fussy moments (which are truly few and far between) bearable!
Once he got over the initial panic over having me scrub his head, he began to enjoy the second half of the bath too. I think he liked the warm water (during his second bath I was able to fill his tub with water so he was halfway submerged in water the whole time. This helped keep him warm instead of shivering in between warm washcloths).
I love giving Jack baths. There's nothing better than a clean baby! He's shed most of his newborn skin and I've been lotioning him up good every day. He has kept a wonderful complexion and he doesn't scratch up his face too often. Sometimes when Matt and I are just looking at him Matt says, "We did good on our first try!" It's very true. He is absolutely perfect!
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