Infant care 101

Tuesday we went to an hour and a half class at the hospital for new parents on the basics of baby care. We learned never to shake a baby...but if you do, work past the shame and bring him to the hospital. We also learned more relevant information to the look of our crowd of new parents. It was taught by a nurse with a cabbage patch doll, they never go out of style. It was all the normal stuff: umbilical cord care, SIDS, bathing, temperature, diaper rash. According to Doug, his memorable highlights include: never put the baby to sleep on his stomach, pre-grease baby butt while diapering to make clean-up easier at the next change, and NO SHAKING :) It was a different demographic than we likely would see in Eugene or WI. Of 15 couples, I wouldn't have pegged any couple as in their 20s, mostly professional looking and no chubby mamas. She went around the room in the beginning to see when people were due and what they were having. It was about 50-50 and one set of twin boys that everyone gasped/awed at. Doug did our swaddling practice when it was our turn, here he is practicing on our free Wells Fargo horse from when we opened our joint savings.