Infant Massage

Over the weekend we took James to an infant massage class. Before you laugh and call me crazy like some members of my family did, I will tell you that the classes are taught at our hospital by the same RN who taught all of our childbirth classes, and the benefits of infant massage include parent child bonding, relaxation and stress relief, reduction of fussiness, relief of discomfort from colic, gas, teething, and congestion, and improvement of sleep quality, among many other things. So it's not like we took him to spa to get a baby massage like Uncle Greg thought.

James really seemed to enjoy the class. He was the only boy in a class full of girls, and there was one little girl in particular, Mackenzie, that he couldn't take his eyes off of. He smiled, made all kinds of noises and kicked like crazy while mom and dad learned the different strokes and massage techniques. The instructor had us undress the babies from the waist down, including their diapers, in order to get the most out of the massage. Well at one point James must have been feeling really relaxed, because he just started peeing. The stream went right over his head in a huge arc and caught the attention of all the moms and dads in the class! Everyone started laughing including James himself. He seemed quite proud of himself and gave us the biggest smile and let out a huge giggle. Being fathers of girls, the other dads hadn't seen such an act before, so they were quite impressed by this feat. They all wanted him to do it again. Luckily he didn't, but there is always next week!

That's our boy!