It was rather difficult to watch as Deborah (le midwife) punctured Aidan's heel to draw blood for his mandatory infant screening. There was some infant screaming and then lots of breast to draw his attention, but its was hard on his parents as well. It is hard to suppress the That Will Be All reaction to seeing one's babe jabbed. Most of this evening he spent on my lap just rocking back and forth. I'm smitten.
The upside to the violence was learning that he coagulates so fast the blood was hard to gather. The further downside was the need for a second jab to finish the job. Good grief.
Particularly appreciating the enthusiastic love coming Aidan's way from his most wonderful Aunts Nicole and Meghan.
| posted by Unknown @ 9/30/2005 09:31:00 PM
