Hospitals and haircuts
Posted on July 4th, 2009 by Ben
Happy 4th of July!
Today has been filled with excitement so far. We invited Richard and Sariah over for dinner last night. We had Hawaiian Haystacks — Laura makes a mean batch. Anyway, after dinner, we decided to watch some of the BBC Pride and Prejudice on Blu-ray (it looks and sounds SO much better than the DVD — maybe the most striking difference I have yet observed when comparing. However, Sleeping Beauty also looks much better…). We were watching the 3rd episode, and were about halfway in when Sariah said “I don’t know what that was, but I need to find a bathroom.” My first thought was “I wonder if her water just broke.”
Sure enough.
About 10 minutes later they were on their way to the hospital, the end result being the birth of Caleb Merrill Bateman this morning at 7:01. I’ll let them cover the rest of the details. While I’m not exactly sure I’d want my birthday to be the 4th of July, at least Caleb won’t have to worry about taking his birthday off of work when he’s older!
Being the 4th of July, we came up Laura’s parents’ house so we can go watch the fireworks at Sugarhouse Park tonight; apparently, this may be the last year they do the fireworks, so the end of a bi-annual tradition. Before coming up, I was talking with Thomas about haircuts, and he said he wanted “haircut today.” Of course, he didn’t really mean that — he passionately despises haircuts — but that didn’t stop me from giving him one. So, we plopped him down in his booster, strapped him in, and put him in front of Signing Time on the TV as a bit of a distraction. He fought and screamed until I started, but then he calmed down when I turned on the clippers. For about the first 60% of the haircut, he was fine. Then he started whining, moaning, squirming. Then he started vehemently struggling for freedom.
Remember the story of the first haircut? How we cut his ear? And remember how his ear got cut when we took him to Cookie Cutters too? Well, his ear got cut this time, too. Both of them, as usual.
I have a theory. Thomas is young, with very soft skin. So, there’s strike one. Also, when he screams and fights, his face gets bright red. Well, everyone’s does. So you combine the two things, and you have soft skin with a lot of extra blood in it = extra blood pressure = easier to cut, and when it does cut much easier to bleed. The cut on his right ear bled so badly that it was dripping onto his shoulder, legs, etc. I took him in to have a bath, and when he saw some blood drip onto his arms and leg he absolutely flipped out. Screams of pure terror! So, I washed him off, put him in the tub, and put in some bubbles so he wouldn’t see how the drips of blood kept discoloring the water. After a couple minutes of bath he calmed down, his ears stopped bleeding, and he is good as new. You can barely tell he was cut. As always, Thomas looks about a year older now that his hair has been cut.
So, there’s our day so far. Hopefully the rest of the day isn’t quite as exciting…
5 Responses to “Hospitals and haircuts”
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Brittany says:
July 4th, 2009 at 5:37 pmYeah, I would pretty much not be a fan of haircuts either if I kept getting the slice when I went. Good call, Thomas.
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Kim Bytheway says:
July 5th, 2009 at 9:59 pmSo, I think you HAVE to try the “Flowbee.” I’ve used mine for years. I’m convinced it’s the ONLY way to cut a boy’s hair. No nips, snips or mistakes, and a perfectly safe cut ;)
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Ben says:
July 6th, 2009 at 8:20 amFinally someone tells me the name of that contraption! I’ve been wanting to try one of those for ages, but I’ve never remembered to look it up, and nobody that has used one has told me the name before (or, if they have, I forgot immediately). This time it is pressed in steel (or, at least, stuck on a hard drive…) so I shall make sure to look this thing up. Thanks!
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Ben Loveridge says:
April 27th, 2010 at 5:14 pmSaw your website and wondered if we were related. Do you come from the Michael and Hannah Loveridge line?
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Ben says:
April 29th, 2010 at 8:38 amI’m not much of a genealogist, but my mom has done a lot and here is what she said when I asked:
“Do you have more info such as parents, grandparents, b-days, place of birth, etc.? There is a Michael Loveridge in American Fork UT, who is son of Gary and Shirley Loveridge who lives near us. We believe we are related but haven’t found the connection yet.”
