How to wash a baby

8th April 2005

The nurse said it was time to see how to wash you. So along I went to the washing babies room. Thomas I have been handling you like you were made out of glass. The nurse thought you were made out of tank armour. She stripped you naked by a big steel sink with a shower attachment. She was talking to you all the time in Spanish and you liked her. Under the shower you went. You were stunned. She then soaped you all over with a big rough soap pad (we use the same pads at home to wash the floor etc) You were going a nice vivid pink under the nurses scrubbing. Then she held the shower over your head and you went completely still and looked like you were sleeping. The nurse told me that all babies do this. Out you came and she towelled you dry with a large white towel. I have seen gentler sumo wrestling matches. You were dressed with in 40 seconds. It was the funniest thing I have ever seen. She also put lemon oil on your hair and gave you a side parting, you looked like a 1920’s gangster. The nurse carried you back to our room popped you into bed and you slept for 4 hours without moving a muscle.