Babies 101
We’ve been spending a good amount of time lately in any one of a variety of baby education classes. Seems like three nights a week for the last month we’ve been over at Avista Hospital in Louisville studying how to have a baby, and what to do with the kid once s/he arives.
Right now, having completed a breastfeeding course and a “baby CPR” course, we’re in the fourth week of a six-week long “birthing” class. You know, that’s the one where you learn how to “relax and breathe” through some of the most absolutely intense pain you’ll ever feel in your entire life. You also learn that labor can last quite a long while indeed (bring a couple of books), and that epidurals, while very scary someone like Tara who’s never been a fan of needles, are nevertheless a heckuva way to make all those long hours much, much less painful.
Personally, as a someone who’s honestly never changed a diaper in his entire life (soon to change!) I enjoyed the “Baby Care 101″ class the most. I think I gained some much-needed confidence, having learned how to hold, diaper, and swaddle the heck out of my very own plastic baby.
1 comment January 31st, 2006