Ethan's 1st Bath

Poor Ethan didn't get a bath for the longest time once he came home. We would clean him with baby wipes, but were waiting to actually give him a bath until the umbilical cord stump fell off. It finally came off when the doctor took it off on Monday. We went in to go and check to make sure that there were no issues as he was already over 3 weeks old. The doctor checked everything and no infection. We also had him check Ethan's lungs as he sounds like he is wheezing sometimes. We are happy to report that his lungs continue to sound great. The "wheezing" sound is coming from his nasal passage as apparently he is just a noisy breather like his daddy. We will continue to monitor him though.

On Saturday night, Eric and I gave Ethan a bath with his wash clothes as we couldn't give him a real bath due to the umbilical cord stub still being on there. Lets just say that Ethan was not amused. Here are a few pictures from this traumatic experience:

He hated this. It was probably a bit cold for him.

This is the after picture.

On Monday night we gave Ethan his first bath. He was really unsure at first, but then was content to be in the bathtub. I love how he smells once he is all clean. Just too cute. Here are some pictures of his first real bath:

I love this picture, because he just kinda had this look like "what is going on??"

Eric had to help him keep his head up (otherwise he would have been drinking the water)

Ethan all snuggled up in his towel after the bath.

Getting a bath was a very tiring experience. You would think he would have slept well. Umm...No. He was up at his usual times in the middle of the night but with a new fun twist-he didn't want to go back to sleep after his 5:30am feeding.