Motherhood for dummies

Benjamin celebrating his 6 week old birthday 

This morning I decided to ‘top and tail’ Benjamin as many of the books suggest (I now have a reference library with a plethora of baby information). Up until now I’ve been rather slack. I figured that since he isn’t really running around much now, he’s not really getting very dirty. And I do use the baby wipes religiously each time, so we bathe him a couple of times a week and that’s about it.

There’s a great book I’ve been lent called ‘The Complete Book of Mother & Baby Care’ which has step by step instuctions – with photos – on every aspect, including how to fold nappies, how to change nappies, how to wash boys (and girls!), and all other sorts of useful stuff, so I thought I’d give the top and tailing a go.

By the time I read through it all and referred back at each step (do you know how many cotton wool balls you go through with each wash?) and then had to do it all again after I had nearly got Benjamin dressed since he wee-ed again after I had taken so long, it ended up taking longer than a bath!

I think I’ll wait a few days (or weeks) before I try the cloth nappy origami.

The pictures are pretty good, though.

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