Recently, my friends baptized their baby boy. The father’s side of the family lives in New York and naturally; most of his family had not seen the baby yet. They took this opportunity to fly the 3,000-and-some miles to see Charles’ 4 moths old. He is cute. Damn cute. Because of the churches schedule the Baptism was at 2pm. I thought that this may be a rough time for the 4-month-old given that it is directly in the middle of prime napping time... I walked into this worried. But its one day. How bad could it be?
Bad.
There may have been 30 family members. The baby was being passed around, much to the mother’s dismay, and photos were constant. The baby HATED the flashes but the family continued. It’s just a crying baby and this moment won’t happen again. I get it. But soon the baby started to turn bright red on his arms and legs. So bad, some assumed that he was sun burned. I wondered how a baby could be so sun burned but I figure it was best to stay out of the way. I’ll see the family again soon and this is more of a family moment. Afterward, everyone harped on the mother, begging her to wake the baby so they could see him. She was completely overwhelmed and trying to be a people-pleaser but knew the baby hated every minute. After a while she pried him out of the Mother-in-laws arms. Charles caught on and whisked her and the baby up stairs.
A few days later, Jeff came home from work and said that Charles and his wife had to take the baby to the emergency room the day after the Baptism. He had broken out in a rash and hives of some sort. After every test in the book, and stressing the parents out beyond belief, the doctors gave Charles a topical cream and said the baby was just over whelmed. It went away in a few days and everything was fine but it really made me more aware of these situations. Babies will tell us how they feel. Their bodies are tiny and they are overwhelmed easily. And mothers do know best! I wanted to share this just so that everyone hears a story like this and keeps in it the back of their mind and maybe even help some mothers feel more confident in their gut instincts.
Bad.
There may have been 30 family members. The baby was being passed around, much to the mother’s dismay, and photos were constant. The baby HATED the flashes but the family continued. It’s just a crying baby and this moment won’t happen again. I get it. But soon the baby started to turn bright red on his arms and legs. So bad, some assumed that he was sun burned. I wondered how a baby could be so sun burned but I figure it was best to stay out of the way. I’ll see the family again soon and this is more of a family moment. Afterward, everyone harped on the mother, begging her to wake the baby so they could see him. She was completely overwhelmed and trying to be a people-pleaser but knew the baby hated every minute. After a while she pried him out of the Mother-in-laws arms. Charles caught on and whisked her and the baby up stairs.
A few days later, Jeff came home from work and said that Charles and his wife had to take the baby to the emergency room the day after the Baptism. He had broken out in a rash and hives of some sort. After every test in the book, and stressing the parents out beyond belief, the doctors gave Charles a topical cream and said the baby was just over whelmed. It went away in a few days and everything was fine but it really made me more aware of these situations. Babies will tell us how they feel. Their bodies are tiny and they are overwhelmed easily. And mothers do know best! I wanted to share this just so that everyone hears a story like this and keeps in it the back of their mind and maybe even help some mothers feel more confident in their gut instincts.
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