Of Stork Bites and Cradle Cap
As previously mentioned (scan halfway down your monitor to Friday's post), Leah and I attended a mini-seminar Saturday morning at Babies R Us. It was entitled "Caring for Your Newborn," and was taught by a maternity ward nurse from Methodist Hospital.
First and foremost (NOTE: digression alert!), we planned breakfast. You see, Babies R Us (from now on to be abbreviated BRU) is just a short distance down Winchester from that evil, carbohydrate-infested place known as Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. No sooner had I made the suggestion Friday evening when Leah produced a fund-raising voucher from her purse, entitling us to one dozen of those heavenly pastries, free of charge (one of her bank customers apparently gave it to her). We left the house a few minutes early, got to that beacon of pastry-ness, and saw it. The Glow. The signal that said, "Eric's breakfast"--the neon sign in the window, proclaiming Hot Doughnuts Now. Allow me to invoke Steve Russell here: Sweet Sassy Molassy!!
We get to BRU and make our way to the back of the store, where the glider rocker section has been turned into a makeshift classroom. I told Leah as we walked in that I hoped there wasn't an inordinate amount of people attending, although I couldn't do a darned thing about it if there was. We were about 10 minutes early, and there were about 3-4 other women there. No dads that I could see. Then a couple more. Of course, by the time the Nurse Teacher was 15-20 minutes into her schpill, there were still rude, non-time keeping people arriving, and before you know it, we probably had 20-25 people. Most were pregnant moms (go figure), with a few dads and even some grandmoms. We had to do that cheesey, 1st-day-of-class, "Hi, my name is ____, I'm due in _____, and I'm having a boy/girl." Of the 12 or so people that answered (before the rude people who don't have a watch got there), about 10 were having a BOY. Geez, this girl thing ain't looking good.
The class itself was informative. There are SO many things that newborns have and/or can get that you have to watch for--most of which have little or no treatment whatsoever or it "goes away in a few weeks" and so on and so on. Nurse Teacher offered some pretty practical advice, such as only introducing one new product (lotion, bath soap, etc) at a time--this is in case a rash or reaction occurs, then you know what the culprit is. Being that boys were the dominating baby sex that day, lots of people had questions about circumcision--not only the process (takes 5 minutes, usually done by the Obstetrician, not the Pediatrician) but how to treat the [is wound the right term here?!] after you come home. Breastfeeding was also a popular topic, and she definitely preached the virtues of it, but was careful to say that it was a personal decision, some women found it difficult, etc etc. One of the most odd questions of the day came when an older woman (there with her pregnant daughter) asked if it was possible for her daughter to initially pump her colostrum only, because it seems Ms. Daughter didn't want to breastfeed but Mother wanted her to. I wonder who's decorating the nursery?!
I forgot to mention that we got a "goodie" back of sorts--Free samples of Dreft detergent, Huggies diapers, etc, along with tons of coupons and special offers--all of these companies trying desperately to get into my wallet. I don't let just anbody there, and it'll take more than a free .025 oz trial size to get the job done. But I did find out where to buy those cute little "HERE(S)HEIS" Hershey's bars, so that was a good thing.
All in all--a fun and informative day. The next BRU 'class' isn't until June, and I'm sure we'll go for that one. Especially if it involves doughnuts. : )
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