Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Dad's Corner: Baby Malfunction

Where have I been, you ask?  Taking care of a baby of course!  All of this breast feeding, bottle feeding, diaper changing, bathing, rocking, playing, pacifying, etc., leaves little time for blog posting.  Breast feeding, you say?  Stop interrupting, I say.  Yes, but after Conor choked on my chest hair, we decided to let Danielle do all of the breast feeding.  She has less hair and more breast.

It's been a lot of fun so far.  We couldn't have asked for a better baby than Conor.  He has been relatively easy to take care of.  He rarely cries for no reason and is easy to calm down.  He eats very well and poops even better.  The period we are in right now is a lot of fun because he smiles all of the time, looks at us, and reacts to my antics.  He's more than happy to carry on a conversation with anyone in his own little language too.

The reason for the title "Baby Malfunction" is because today was the first time I've noticed him do something out of the ordinary.  We try to give Conor a bath every night.  He's only soaped up every third night, but to keep in a routine, he gets in his little tub each night.  He's usually very active and squirmy, but pretty much stuck in one spot.  He likes to try and swim and splash and eat his hands.  Tonight though, he stopped, flung his head back so he was looking back and to the left, arched his back and tried desparately to roll over.  Even though it was strange, I assumed he would stop after a second of trying, but he kept on going, trying with all his might to fling himself over.  I reached behind his head to try and straighten him out, but he kept trying.  Danielle pushed him down from the front and he luckily stopped and lay flat again.  Two seconds later, he flings himself again, with just as much gusto as the last time.  That was it for me.  I got his towel and his bath time was over.  This was the first time he tried to do something he shouldn't have been doing and it was unexpected too.  It was a baby malfunction.  I think he needs an upgrade.

Conor's words of wisdom: "Upgrade?  How about I format your boot sector, thrash your swap, and segfault your kernel!  Nerd smackdown!"

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