Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Puj Tub Review

Whoa.
Did you know that having a baby will totally consume your entire life? It's true. Don't get me wrong, it's not in a bad way. There's nothing else I'd rather have consume my days. And nights. Well, maybe it'd be nice if my nights were still consumed by sleep, but other than that, nothing. I even have an extremely helpful, hands-on husband, but somehow the baby seems to dominate our attentions. But, I mean, look at her. She's so dang cute, how could she not captivate your attention?
Also, did you know that a baby can totally make you feel like an idiot? It's true. Even though I have had previous experience with other people's babies, mine is sure keeping me humble and reminding me that I have a lot to learn when it comes to taking care of her. Fortunately, she won't remember anything from this part of her life. The seemingly simplest of tasks, it turns out, are not always so simple.
For instance, let's say I was changing the baby's diaper, because a good mom knows that you're supposed to change your babies diaper. I've even got these fancy diapers that change color when the diaper is wet, so you know the diaper needs to be changed. See, that sounds pretty easy. I can do that. But maybe I didn't know that sometimes babies will go ahead and relieve themselves right in the middle of you changing their diaper. And there's no way to stop it from getting all over my once sweet little baby, who is now not-so-sweet.
Okay, deep breath to gather yourself. You can handle this. Remind yourself of all your many accomplishments, you college grad, you. You'll just give your baby a bath, and she'll be sweet again. No problem.
So I get out the baby bath tub. It looks something like this:

It got the job done, but not so easily. I had to entirely devote one hand to holding her upright so she didn't go under water. It turns out there's no good way to hold a slippery-wet baby with one hand. Especially not one who's wiggling and kicking, because she's naked and wet, and can tell her mom has no idea how to hold her upright with one hand. But if I used both hands, I couldn't actually bathe her. We'd just be sitting there, awkwardly starring at each other, wishing one of us had telekinesis to move the wash cloth over her. So we muddled through and eventually got her clean.
And then one day, the UPS man brings this to my doorstep:

No, not another cute baby, a Puj tub! Let's all give three cheers for Internet giveaways. Now when I give the baby a bath, the tub holds the baby upright for me, and she doesn't feel insecure, so she's not wiggling and kicking. She's actually quite content to sit there while I bathe her without the aid of super-human powers. Awesome, because I don't have those.
Thanks Puj!

6 comments:

MarySue said...

So happy for you. I scrolled down and saw that BEAUTIFUL girl. Well done.

Elise said...

I know exactly what you mean!!! How can such a small sweet little baby keep you on your toes all the time?!? The bathtub looks perfect, wish I would've looked around!

The Spanns said...

Amen to all of it, friend! The fun is just beginning :) I also have seen those tubs and think they are FANTASTIC, so cool. I might have to come check it out.
Hope you're having a good holiday -- and maybe you'll be 'lucky' and get to be up at midnight for new years, haha! (Last year I went to take a nap at 11 something and no one woke me up bc I was so tired, so I woke up like 30 mins after new years happened... bah).
See you soon!

Michelle said...

you are too funny Angela!! Although, I think the post would be enhanced with more of those cute baby Jane pics...

Nancy said...

Very fun Ang, but next time I want to see some pics of baby Jane!

Sheri Willardson said...

oh, it is so true. Everything you said is just how it is. I have done it 3 times, and I still have no clue how to properly take care of a baby. But the new baby tub does look pretty groovy-it almost makes me want to have another baby just to buy one. NAAAAHHH. :)