Got to jump on this one.

When my son was born 2 years ago at 7 PM, my husband deposited him on my
belly and chest immediately after his birth.  He latched on and nursed
like a champ right away.  I, then dad, held him for the next 8 hours.
Sometime after the first two hours he was weighed.  We let go of him
briefly for that but everything else happened while we held our son.
Dad asked if a nurse would show him how to sponge bathe the baby prior
to our discharge.  This happened in our room, under the warmer, next to
my Labor/Delivery/Recovery bed so I could watch too.  I think our son
was bathed about 2:30 in the AM.  This happened at a hospital in
Portland, Oregon.

Now that we know *how* to bathe a newborn, we'll probably wait until we
get home in our own time to bathe our next baby.  I never before really
gave it a thought about getting him bathed right away or waiting.
--
Monique
Noah Reilly Schaefers  6/18/97
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