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the eric update - day 30: first bath from mama!

late in the night we were pleasantly surprised to find that we could give eric his first bath! he's been getting "spit baths" all along, but surely none of them were as fun as the one he got from mama. most of the hands you see belong to kris, but every so often nurse sue lends a helping hand. i, of course, am darting in and out, trying to capture the entire thing.

micropreems don't usually like baths very much; from their perspective it's just something that makes them very cold and all the touching can lead to overstimulation tantrums. but i guess eric isn't like most micropreems, since he was quite content through most of the process.

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8/03/2004 11:50:00 PM 3 comments

3 Comments:

Congratulations!!! What a wonderful experience, isn't it? :)

Katra & Kyle

By Anonymous, at 3:17 PM

I am so pleased to see Eric and his Mother with smiles on their faces. I hope Pops has one too. I love the photos, they will go in our album. Grandma Sondra

By Anonymous, at 3:54 PM

it was a wonderful experience; maybe i would make a "making of" documentary where i setup a video camera and record me jumping around trying to stay out of the way kris and nurse sue.

By e3, at 11:03 AM

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