A Very Eventful Day

Yesterday was an interesting day in the life of John. He had his first visit to the pediatrician. He had his first home bath. And, he had his first nail clipping (well, it sort of amounted to a nail clipping).

We went to see the doctor. Dr. K was quite impressed with John's health. He said that John was quite healthy and strong. He also assured us that John's body hair would eventually go away. I'm not concerned with the hair. If it doesn't go away, he can always make quite a pretty penny as a werewolf boy in the circus. I don't think his mother appreciates that plan, but it's always good to have a back-up should things not work out.

One good thing about John's doctor. He knows the difference between the two verbs: rear and raise. He knows that children are reared and livestock are raised. When he said something about rearing a child, I knew he was a good doctor. Good grammar cannot be ignored. Plus, Maureen really likes the snazzy way he dresses. I must say that he does dress quite well.

He was quite good until bath time. Once we started sponge bathing him, he started to wail. Apparently, he doesn't like to take baths. Really, one would think that he'd like water after having spent 40-weeks in a sac of amniotic fluid. Anywho, John cried like an onion. Maybe he just wants to be like the kids in high school who smoked and tried to cover up the cigarette smell with cologne. It didn't work then and it's not going to work now.

Our next adventure included clipping his finger nails. In case you didn't know this, babies do not like to have their nails clipped because it hurts when one cuts too closely. Being the brave and bold man that I am, I decided to clip them short. Big mistake!!! John started to wail and I drew blood. Needless to say, Maureen and I are going to rethink the nail cutting strategy. Next time, she's going to try to file down his nails. Her cousin recommends bitting the nails off. Me, I think we'll just keep him in mittens for a while and call him Johnny Mittens.

For those of you who haven't have the John Dockweiler Gonzalez Experience in person, take a look at this clip. John has the hiccups. Yes, it's only a video that a parent could love.