Funny Hospital Stories

Well the first one is just the fact that Alyssa went into labor late on February 8th and it quickly became apparent that Julia would be born on February 9th.  Why is that funny, well about four months ago Alex, Alyssa’s twin sister’s daughter, told everyone that her cousin was going to be born on February 9th.  Or as she said it, the baby is going to be born on my birthday.  Yep you read that right, the daughter of Alyssa’s twin sister was born on February 9th 4 years ago.  Well Alex you were right.  So that made it funny enough, however the other odd coincidence is my mother was also born on February 9th!  What are the chances of that?

The next story comes late the night after delivery.  I got up to hold Julia around 1am.  Around 2am one of the nurses came in and was shocked that I was up holding my daughter in the middle of the night letting my wife get some sleep.  She told me I should get a gold star for that.  However, about 15 minutes later I decided I needed to go for walk because my back was really bothering me from sitting for so long.  I did not want to wake up Julia or Alyssa so I slid my sneakers back on (after untying them 1 handed, which I thought was very impressive).  Of course I couldn’t figure out how to tie them.  No big deal I was just going to shuffle around.  I take about 2 steps out of the room and the same nurse starts waving her arms at me.  I just wave back with my free arm to say “I'm ok.”  That was not the response she was looking for.  She quickly hurries over and tells me that I cannot have the baby out of the room unless she is in the crib.  And what am I thinking walking around with her in shoes that are untied.  At which point she revoked my gold star.

Ok last one for now. It was early afternoon the day after delivery and the lactation consultant gave us a visit.  First off she setup Alyssa in the most complex arrangement possible.  She used about 4 pillows and three or four blankets to get “just the right spot”.  Then she started giving advice about head position and other things.  I think I Alyssa and I each made a comment about what we thought we should be doing.  At which point Julia decided to voice her opinion.  She was lying on Alyssa’s breast and had her hand by her face.  All of sudden her middle finger pops out!  Yep that is right she is lying there giving Alyssa and I the finger.  Just goes to show that not taking advice is a genetic trait.  Unfortunately it appears to be dominate in both parents.

Well that is all for now!