Baby tree frog June 12, 2007 ~ 9:44 am
Posted by Julie in : Urban Family , trackbackUntil the past two days, my experience with newborn babies has been practically nil. I have plenty of hands-on experience with older babies, say three months and above, but newborns? Not so much. But since Samang was a home birth, we’ve all been gathering at Jordana and Thabiso’s place all weekend. Rick and I spent about an hour there on Sunday fighting over who got to hold her, and then I went back yesterday and ended up staying all evening. (Rick, as one would guess because he’s had two kids, is very good with newborns. Me, not so much.)
I have already promised Samang that I will be “Cool Aunt Julie” and take her out for her first tattoo, body piercing, and alcoholic beverage once she reaches legal age, if she so desires. In return she has slept on me, cuddled up to me, and one one occasion, pooped on me. Fortunately that stayed in her diaper.
What I have learned about newborns in general, and our Little Sass in particular, is that they aren’t as fragile as people would have you believe. Their little necks will not snap like flower stems if you don’t support them for one second, they just don’t have a tremendous amount of muscle control. However, they’ve got enough muscle control that just when you think the child is curled up and doing fine, they will roll their head quickly and almost conk it off the dining room table. She did that to me countless times yesterday, the little game-player.
Samang also doesn’t like getting cleaned up by anyone other than her father. If Jordana or grandma or I try to change her diaper and clean her up, she screams and squawks and makes sounds like a cat being scalded alive (she made the neighborhood dogs start barking with her noises on Sunday). But if Thabs does it, not a sound. I got a wonderful picture last night of her just looking up at him like he was a god. They already have the Daddy’s little girl thing going. We knew Thabs was the cat whisperer because all little animals love him, but now it seems that he is the baby whisperer as well.
There are many many many pictures that have been taken, but for now the camera is staying at their house so I can’t post any. Soon. And now I’m back to work.
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Such adorable visuals. I can’t wait to see some pix. You are clearly “Cool Aunt Julie” already. Keep up the good work!
Oh wow–goosebumps. I’m so happy for them. And for you, Cool Aunt Julie!
It’s time to start buying her Batman toys. Batgirl is an excellent role model.
Retro~Rick is getting her a baseball, so I don’t see why not on the Batman toys. However yesterday I gave her a giraffe rattle. It’s best to start small.
Aims~I can’t wait for you to meet her.
Mafia~I am trying hard. I’ve already bought her a batik onesie with the Brooklyn Bridge on it and a tie-dyed onesie. This kid is going to be fashionable.
You haven’t gotten the full experience until the kid spits up on you.
So has this awakend the maternal instincts in you?
Congratulations on your new goddaughter!! I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of Rock-a-Bye Baby CDs, but they’re just what she needs! These are famous songs by people like The Ramones, Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, The Cure etc. redone as lullabyes. They are so cute. This baby definitely needs one.
Is it Sam-ang? Sa-mang?
KtP~ Sah-mahng.
Kimmi-san~Those sound awesome! Where do you find them?
Vince~It has awakened the godmaternal instincts in me.
I have zero doubt that you will be Cool Aunt Julie forever and ever amen.
What, you’re going to wait til she’s legal? What the hell fun is that?
Oh, and how do I get an invite to Ravelry?
Awww - congrats Cool Auntie! Can’t wait to see the pics!
Catt~I can’t wait to have pics!
Pand0ra~Good point. Maybe 16.
And go to http://www.ravelry.com and sign up for the waiting list. They’re not doing the invite system anymore, otherwise I’d totally give you one. When you get on, friend me!
Kendra~I will certainly try. I will also try to get her to say my name as one of her first words.