First Bath

As soon as we got back to our hospital room after the surgery, the nurses started getting the sink ready for Ephram to take his first bath. We asked them to hold off for a little bit so that I could make a first attempt to breastfeed, but then Andy picked our little boy up and prepared to bathe him. I was actually really sad that I couldn't help with this because I still had very little sensation in my body... so I watched pretty intently from my bed. Andy did a good job of cleaning him!

They started by washing his hair...

Then it was time to get into the sink...

Andy was very careful with him!

Then they took him over to the warmer where they finished with a little bit of a sponge bath.

Ephram cried the whole time. It has to be pretty shocking to go from being in a very warm place for nine months, to being in a cold and bright operating room, to then getting wet in another cold room! The poor kid was tired. He grabbed onto Andy's finger and immediately started to drift to sleep.