Well yesterday was the biggest day of young Luke's life, but today was clearly the second biggest. To think his parents had wondered what they would do all day stuck here in the hospital (go home tomorrow afternoon, roughly 48 hours after birth). There were checkups and vaccines and procedures and professional photography and things that would likely fall under the TMI category. Luke has understandably been pooped much of the day.
Speaking of poop, Ben got to change his son's diaper today for the first time, and it was an experience he won't soon forget. The nurse talked last night about how babies are similar to adults in that when they wake up one of the first things they do is urinate. So while many first-time parents immediately take off the diaper to check it when baby is waking, it is often better to stimulate the baby by rubbing arms/chest/whatever a bit and waiting for him to wake up and then pee. Then the diaper can be changed. So, armed with this information, when Luke started waking this morning Ben started rubbing him a bit before checking that diaper. Sure enough, soon Ben heard Luke go #2. So, being the good father, he took off the diaper and started wiping up the mess. Then, with the diaper off, came the #1, all over his shirt, Ben's hands, the blankets, everything. Right at that precise moment the nurses came in wanting to take Luke to his pediatrician check-up. Oh, well.
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