Aaron's First Bath

As soon as Aaron's umbilical cord fell off, we were ready to give him his first bath.  The sponge baths just weren't cutting it!  The kids especially were super excited to help giving him a bath.

My cutie helpers

Their first job was to fill the tub with warm water while I got Aaron undressed.

Into the tub he goes!

Once Aaron got settled, he really enjoyed the bath.  He was quiet and calm, just checking everything out.  Here Cameron takes a turn washing Aaron.

 Leah liked scooping up the water in the tub and dumping it on to Aaron.

Cam and Leah were a good team - Cameron washing and Leah dumping water to rinse off the soap.

Time to wash Aaron's back

What a cute little bum!

Aaron got a bit grumpy after being on his tummy to get his back and bum washed.  Big sister Leah had the very smart idea to give Aaron his vitamins - something that he always loves.  Since she came up with the idea, she got to give him his vitamins.  He settled right down and relaxed for the rest of the bath.  What a smart girl!

As with the other kiddos, we wanted to introduce Aaron right away to getting water dumped on his head.  It has worked well with both Cameron and Leah - neither of them have any problems with getting water dumped on their head, going underwater or getting water in their eyes.  Aaron did awesome too, so hopefully he'll follow in his siblings' footsteps!

Close up on the water - smart baby knew to close his eyes.

And more water dumping while we washed his hair.  He didn't cry or get upset at all.

After we got Aaron all clean, Tim scooped him up in the towel.

He wasn't as happy to get out as we would have thought.

Hmmm, maybe all this little guy needs is his Mama!

Mama and her kiddos

Once Aaron was in pajamas, he was happy to snuggle with Daddy.

He does not appear to be enjoying this!