Infant Care Class - "The Baby Doesn't Know You Don't Know What You're Doing"

Last Monday we had our first baby-raisin' class. The quote above came from the RN instructing the class and just about everyone agreed that it was the best piece of advice we'd heard so far. I don't suppose Crazy Legs will sit in grave judgment of us the first time we don't realize that he/she is crying because he/she is hungry and we try to change his/her diaper instead. On the other hand, it will be mine and Patrick’s child, so maybe he/she will just shake his/her head at us and mutter about our complete incompetence.

Anyway, there was all kinds of good information to be had on how to hold the baby properly, feeding, bathing, signs of when the baby might be sick and of course a video which had many more breast-feeding shots in it than one would have expected. We both also had the chance to actually change a diaper – mind you it was a clean diaper on a doll, so I’m assuming that when faced with the real thing, there will be much more squirming, much more crying and much more stinkiness. And that will just be from Patrick! *Rim Shot* Thank you, I’ll be here all week – try the veal.

The Infant Care class was a one time deal and we start up a weekly series of classes on pregnancy and the birthing process on Aug. 23rd. At the beginning of September, we’ll be taking a tour of the labor/delivery unit and nursery at the hospital. We’re looking forward to all of these. Especially if it does anything to demystify the entire process for us.