10 Things I’m Completely Clueless About
June 19th, 2008, 3:31 pm · 3 Comments · posted by BEN WENER, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
I know I need to learn about these things, pronto. For now, I remain blissfully baffled.
1. Changing a diaper. Never done it. Kinda dreading it.
2. Unfolding a stroller. I collapsed one at Babies “R” Us a few weeks ago. Then I couldn’t get it back open.
3. Breastpumping. (Insert joke here.)
4. Cutting the umbilical cord. Still don’t get the appeal.
5. Sam’s soft spot. And whether touching it will cause blindness or brain damage.
6. Swaddling clothes. Swaddling in general, actually.
7. What to pack for Delivery Day. Knowing me, I’ll overpack.
8. The difference between a crib and a bassinet, and why anyone needs both.
9. The difference between normal everyday poop and this viscous, tar-like substance that everyone keeps telling me I’ll be wiping up for the first two weeks.
10. Where babies come from. I hear some sort of carrier birds are involved?
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Don’t worry, Dad
#1 & #2- you’re going to have a black belt in it soon enough
#3 – not your dept.
#4 – I felt the same and had the dr. do it – I just told him, I didn’t want an outtie
#5 &6 – don’t worry about these things, you’ll be fine
#7 – don’t overpack – i repeat don’t overpack – 90% of the stuff they tell you to bring you will never use
Henry is right on for #1-4. Very true.
#5 – Just don’t touch it. I don’t think I did too much because even as a mom, I was a little worried too!
#6 – I don’t know what swaddling clothes are, but you should become an expert at swaddling with a blanket. My husband was kind of a spaz at first, but when he realized our son slept better (and longer!) when swaddled, he was Johnny on the Spot learning how!
#7 – Let your wife pack her bag!
#8 – Ditch the bassinet & get a co-sleeper. You and your wife will want to be able to check on baby while lying in bed without having to get up (why you need something additional to a crib) and with a bassient, you at least have to sit up to see inside. Trust me – you’ll be too tired to even want to do this when you find out the baby was just stirring around.
#9 – Regular baby poop is yellow & looks like mustard. The tar stuff is gross but it goes away quickly.
#10 – You found out the hard way, eh
Heather — your response to #9 cracked me up. The tar stuff is gross, but the regular baby poop — yellow mustard — is not??