Classes

Our child birth education classes are coming to a close. Although I knew much of the information taught in the class, it was nice to get a refresher from the babysitting days. Since then they've also changed quite a few things & threw in some safety tips I hadn't thought of previously.

It has been quite a while since James and I were in the same class (other than at church). I forgot how distracting he can be. When we were going through our breathing exercises he started squeezing my leg really hard. When I asked him what he was doing he said "I'm simulating a contraction for you." After the second or third "contraction" I started getting upset. "Knock it off, that hurts." "Of course it does, it's supposed to. It's a contraction."

My absolute favorite thing about the class was bathing the baby dolls. We were instructed how to properly sponge bathe a baby prior to their cord falling off. The dads were then asked to bathe their baby dolls. He then proceeded to give the baby a bath while I assisted. When he got to the neck I heard him say "Tickle, tickle!" with a big cheesy grin across his face. What a hoot! I laughed so hard. He continued with the bath, when he got to the armpits I heard "Tickle, tickle" again.

With babies, even fake ones, you see a side of someone you've never seen before. This is going to be a journey filled with laughter.