Tag: baby

  • [Updated] Baby Breathing

    Howdy all.

    This is a quick follow-up to the mountain of stress that was last night. It will hopefully put your minds at ease – and make you feel a touch better about where things were left off in my last little report.

    dotorAs I think I put at the end of my last note – the baby is back to being a baby who loves to breathe. I sat up with him until this morning – and then there was a shift change – and the next crew came in to make sure that the situation was going smoothly.We then all went to the doctor’s office – where we were met with randomly oscillating waves of “the baby is fine” and “you should have taken him to the emergency room immediately.” That was perfect  – just what our brains needed – confusion, guilt and more stress!

    horseLastly – we went to a children’s hospital (which I tried to amuse myself by calling a ‘horse-pi-tal’ – cough – yep!) – and saw a gastroenterologist who was tremendously nice – and answered all of our questions (with none of the guilt!) and checked J-em from head to toe. She determined that he was a “thriving baby” – which is a great way to describe a baby – and that  as healthy as he was – that it was just a random freak occurrence  that possibly some mucus had gotten stuck in his throat – and that while we should – obviously – keep an eye on him . . . Basically – he didn’t break – he was no worse for the wear – we had done good by him – and the world was a decent place to be.

    It was a good way to wrap up the day. The long – long day. At the end . . . the baby was fine – we were exhausted – and now all we have to do is figure out how to get some sleep – with all of the miserable of last night floating around. All in all – a definite win for the home team!

    winI got asked why I wrote about the whole thing . . . Why would I put it out there . . . What was the point? Pretty simple – actually – I didn’t want to have it all jumbling up in my head – and it makes me feel better to write stuff down – or draw silly pictures – or make cartoons – or – or – or whatever. So – that is what I did – and I’m totally totally glad that I did. Did. Did. Did.

    Thanks a bunch for all of your well wishes . . .

    Everybody – remember to keep breathing.

    Toodles,

    N.Numpercar

  • Baby Stopped Breathing

    Last night – while deeply sleeping in some deep-deep sleep . . . A jostling of the bed was followed by the urgent cry that “THE BABY’S NOT BREATHING!”

    Terror – terror – terror.

    Everyone jumped out of bed – the baby  – whose eyes were starting to roll back in his head – was grabbed, flipped so that his face was in my hand, then – in that position – angled so that he was facing kind-of towards the ground and then was hit a few times in the back to try to dislodge whatever was keeping him from breathing. The dog ran into his cage – and 911 was called.

    We had taken baby CPR – and I was trying to stay calm and go through all of the steps that we had been taught – but  it was difficult – in the heat of the actual moment. Everything was all very intense and fast . . . lightning fast.

    Within a handful of seconds – thankfully  – gurgles of bubbles were coming out of his mouth and his breathing – even though it was labored – started up.

    The image of his confused little face trying to figure out what was going on – while I was still working on him is stuck with me. It makes my stomach hurt.

    breathe_1Almost instantly – right after he had started breathing – the police and the ambulance arrived and I ran downstairs to grab them. While we were rushing up the walkway to the house there was a quick flurry of questions so that they could get caught up on the situation. It was about 1:30 a.m. and there were about 5 new people in the apartment – in our bedroom. The dog barked from his cage.

    After a thorough checking out and a bunch of other questions, it was determined that it was probably just some mucus that got caught and that we could go to the hospital or just keep an eye on him for the rest of the night. He had stabilized, his color had come back and he was cooing and giggling – so – we decided to just go in the morning.

    breathe_2Some paperwork was filled out, some hands were shaken and then – there we were – a dog, a baby and an extremely frazzled mom and dad . . . left to wonder how we – and I’m not counting the dog or the baby here – would ever be able to sleep again – without an underlying nervousness.

    I can’t even begin to say how amazed I was at how quickly help arrived . . . and how great they were. It is very reassuring to know that in such a critical moment – that help can appear so quickly and work to make everything better.

    Thanks to Montclair’s bestest for being the best.

    Thanks to Emerson for starting to breath again.

    Deep breaths everyone . . . Baby Emerson is breathing again.

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  • Bumperpodcast #10

    Bumperpodcast #10

    A baby is born . . . and sometimes he makes some noises – I try to figure out some of the noises.

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    About This Episode

    In this episode of Bumperpodcast, host Natty Bumpercar announces exciting news that's been spreading through all communication channels: there's a baby! After encouraging the studio audience to clap loudly enough, Natty brings out the baby who promptly begins crying. The episode features Natty's humorous observations about the constantly crying newborn, including jokes about the baby's New York origins affecting his sounds ("gaga goo goo") versus Natty's Southern baby babble. Throughout the segment, Natty attempts to soothe the dancing, crying baby while reflecting on the challenges and sweetness of caring for an adorable but vocal infant. The episode ends with Natty trying to get the baby to sleep.

    Memorable Quotes

    “he was born in new york so he's like gaga goo goo hey you know because that's what he sounds like”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    “as long as he's doing his baby dance crying his baby dance crying i think that everything's going to work out for the world”

    — Natty Bumpercar

    Topics: #babies #parenting #crying #newyork #regionalhumor #infantcare #comedy

    Featuring: Natty Bumpercar

    Full Transcript

    Natty Bumpercar: bumper podcast news this is news this is news you don't know or maybe you know it's been all over the emails it's been all over the texts it's been all over the cell phones and the landlines and snail mail there's a baby that's right there's a baby you guys want to meet him i bet we could if if you clap loud enough we can bring him out let's hear it yeah that's a good clap a good cheer for the studio audience here at the bumper podcast let's bring that baby out everybody let's see what he has to say oh nice music baby coming out oh oh no oh you guys the baby cries he cries all the time how do i mean he's really cute he's adorable he's so sweet but yeah you see he cries a lot and it's sad when he cries a lot because you don't know what to do for him because he's just a teeny tiny little baby you know what let's let's drop the music and then yeah we can have just a a nice little crying baby in the background just to let us all just put us all in the same mindset right and that's a lot of crying let's put a little bit of music in the background a little there a little more dancing dancing baby crying dancing baby crying dancing baby crying yeah okay i got it okay so he doesn't only cry i've heard him make other noises before he uh at one point he was like gaga goo goo or you know like gaga gaga goo goo because he's he was born in new york so he's like gaga goo goo hey you know because that's what he sounds like uh when i was a baby i was born in the south and so i was like gaga wait i was like gaga goo goo no that doesn't sound like it but he i don't know what i sounded like i was like and he's like oh like i don't even he doesn't sound like that either he sounds you know a lot more let's be honest like you know like this and holy beans is that depressing but it's you know it's fine that's the noise he has he's got little lungs he's got to work them out he's gotta do a little bit of work in that and as long as he's doing his baby dance crying his baby dance crying i think that everything's going to work out for the world so Baby, you should go to sleep. It's time to go to sleep. Alright, I am the Bumper Podcast. You guys are great, but I have a baby, and he is even greater.

  • Dear Website –

    Hi there website . . . I see you – over there – looking at me . . . all hang-dog expression – all sad – because you think that I have run away and forgotten all about you.

    Well – buck up camper . . . You see – there was this teeny tiny baby born – and so there had been a bit of transitioning going on – but that is all going super well – and so – I swears that I’ll be back writing silly stuff and putting pictures of the things up really – really soon. Look at it this way . . . the baby is definitely going to give me all kinds of new stuff to write about – right?!

    I guess that it could be debated – that in writing this post – that I am actually fulfilling some of my website duties . . . But look at me being all logical – sorry about that.

    Oop! That baby is making some funny noises – so I have to run – but I will be all kinds of back really really soon.

    Seriously – I swears!

  • Baby CPR

    I took it. I kind of know it. I hope I never have to use it.

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