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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts)
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 06:11 PM Apr 2013

Just gave Lola her first bath...

...an event she disliked intensely. Laid her down afterward, lotioned her up, wrapped her warm and snug in a swaddle, and as I held her, this look of great sadness and betrayal transformed her face into the very likeness of woe. I leaned in and asked, "What's wrong?"...and just as my lips formed the "o" in "wrong," she barfed right into my mouth.

Lola 1, Daddy 0

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Just gave Lola her first bath... (Original Post) WilliamPitt Apr 2013 OP
You'll never forget this first bath. NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #1
Maybe you shouldn't have fed her just before her bath lunatica Apr 2013 #2
Now you tell me. WilliamPitt Apr 2013 #3
"she barfed right into my mouth." In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #4
Yeah, I don't think either of my daughter's like having their head (hair) washed. riderinthestorm Apr 2013 #5
lol! Sissyk Apr 2013 #6
Yeah... go ahead. Give me another bath, barf-face!!! MiddleFingerMom Apr 2013 #7
Jealous of a child's first sponge bath. Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 #13
Yes. MiddleFingerMom Apr 2013 #14
Are there photographs? Moondog Apr 2013 #8
HAhahahahaha cliffordu Apr 2013 #9
At my baptism, MiddleFingerMomMom said the older Irish priest had a BIG red nose... MiddleFingerMom Apr 2013 #10
OH NO! elleng Apr 2013 #11
Lola warrior1 Apr 2013 #12
Memories. Arctic Dave Apr 2013 #15
LOL! redqueen Apr 2013 #16
I hope you have waterproof lap pads. PADemD Apr 2013 #17
In the next few weeks, she will change so much. LeftInTX Apr 2013 #18
Whatever Lola doesn't want, Lola gets revenge for. n/t Orsino Apr 2013 #19
Just wait until you have a baby boy, JitterbugPerfume Apr 2013 #20
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
1. You'll never forget this first bath.
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 06:12 PM
Apr 2013

And, the baby barf in the mouth-- well, you're not likely to forget that, either.

Cheers!

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
2. Maybe you shouldn't have fed her just before her bath
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 06:13 PM
Apr 2013

I found it was better to feed the baby after the bath. But in no time she'll love bath time, though wetting her head may be a different story. Some kids really hate having their heads wet.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
5. Yeah, I don't think either of my daughter's like having their head (hair) washed.
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 06:26 PM
Apr 2013

What a tussle sometimes... just know that by the time they turn 12 - 13 years old they WILL wash their hair on their own, sometimes a couple times a day!

As for the barf, look on the bright side - you didn't have to change your shirt (again!)

Sissyk

(12,665 posts)
6. lol!
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 06:32 PM
Apr 2013

Go little Lola!

You still make it sound enjoyable. Congrats again Will. Also, kudos to you for taking charge tonight (or last night?) and letting momma rest.

cliffordu

(30,994 posts)
9. HAhahahahaha
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 06:54 PM
Apr 2013

My aunt's favorite story was about the time she bathed me and laid me in a bassinet on the kitchen counter for just a moment and I peed up and over myself and soaked her clean dishes, which were obviously erroneously placed.....

(Tell Lola I sez keep up the good work....Welcome to the title of Daddy....

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
10. At my baptism, MiddleFingerMomMom said the older Irish priest had a BIG red nose...
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 07:02 PM
Apr 2013

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... and that he pissed me off by doing the "cootchie-cootchie-coo" to my nose for
too long, so I hauled off and BELTED him in that nose hard enough to make his
eyes water.
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Wish I'd thought of the barf thing.
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elleng

(130,145 posts)
11. OH NO!
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 07:22 PM
Apr 2013

Shut Mouth, DAD!!!

Really, so sorry. I recall watching my aunt changing my baby brother's diaper, whereupon he peed into her face. I LAUGHED and LAUGHED, and Aunt Estelle provided me (5 years old at the time) with a withering gaze.

Life ain't for chickens, ya know!

redqueen

(115,096 posts)
16. LOL!
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 09:43 PM
Apr 2013

Awww babies are so precious. Gross, sometimes, but so precious you can't even be mad.

Might as well just get used to the barf, btw. Make sure you have a spare shirt and jacket handy at all times.

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