Week Three

Crying during the bath

After about 10 days, we saw there's no more scab on his bellybutton, I have decided gave him the bath more frequently than before, about every two days. At every beginning, he feels nothing, only start crying when we wrap him with the towel. Then he seems remember this on the second maybe the third time, he start cry everytime when we've put him into the washroom. Not like that shaking, weak push on the third day, when I gave him an shower, three weeks of time makes him much stronger, but I can still handle him easily. He's still so tiny and I can put him on my front arm.

We use Aveeno (infant/baby) body lotion for him, he seems like it. I do love him very much, but both my wife and I missed that time, when he was only a few weeks old, he's so tiny and lovely. A smell or even a crying, everything from him let you smell the happyness.

The second week

Things were getting much better, after I consulted some friends who have two or three kids, we have started build the routine for Jerry. It actually worked very well, plus I found he's more satisfied if I let him sleep on stomach. Sleep on stomach is not recommended by the doctors in these years, but I have consulted the doctor and also did some research online by myself. Then I decided let him practice during the day time when I can monitor his breath.


From the day ten, if I remember correct, Jerry was be able to sleep over the night, from about 11:30 to 6:00 am. But feeding him at 11:00 pm is a tough job for me, he's falling asleep all the time and I have no choice except nip his ear to wake him up...


But in the morning, it is so fast, he can drink a whole bottle about 180 ml milk in just a few minutes. A small monster, Ah?

Looking for the bottles without really wake up...

The first week

One thing can never forget, the first time I gave him a shower by myself only. Oh, man! Without any help, he is so tiny and soft. As just happened yesterday, I still remember clearly that three days old him try to push my arm by his shaking little hand, when I was cleaning his bellybutton.

We have left the hospital on the fourth day, then the rest first week, all I can remember is BUSY and TIRED...

I am a stupid father who's decided to boil the bottles everytime before use it by some misleading message on the product description. I figured it out a week later after the nurse come to visit us. Changing the diaper, give him a shower, feed him everything were the challengars for me in the first several days, especially my wife need lie on the bed recover from the C-section.
Jerry is so amazing, like a normal child he cries, but during the night we found he actually stopped crying when I let him listen some music, specially paino.
I put him beside myself during the night, and I will wake up more than twice every hour. Constantly check him to make sure everything is Okay. Many experienced parents may knew already the new borns do not breath smoothly, they will have some deep breath accompanied with shaking their body slightly, and that bother me a lot. It takes weeks to be used to it.

Back to a day in November 2007

By delayed about five days, Jerry finally comes to this world. It took his mother more than 12 hours try to deliver him naturally, but failed because of the big head. It is normal for an Asian boy, BTW, we are Chinese family living Gatineau, QC, just a river cross Ottawa, the Capital of Canada.

I was so excited and nervous when I cut his cord. But immediately I feel I am a real man, a father... That feeling changes my life, my view and the way I thinking totally from that moment.

"He's a healthy and beautiful boy", the nurse did the exam told me. He's so tiny when I hold him for the first feeding for his life. In the room around with breast feeding women, I am the only man, father feed my son with a bottle of Similac Infant Formula. But I have no brain at that moment to think about anything else (usually will be a little bit shy), all my focus is an eight pound new born, Jerry.

About one hour later, the nurse help me put him into his first bed and let him have a sleep, like this.