Omphaloskepsis

Omphaloskepsis, meaning contemplation of one's navel, is one of my favorite words. I think that surviving graduate school requires a great deal of navel contemplation.

Recently, I have been more focused on Sawyer's navel than my own. His umbilical cord stump seemed determined to remain a part of him until adolescence. Yesterday, 5/5/08, it finally fell off and I could give him a real bath instead of a silly sponge bath. The bathroom sink was the perfect size tub for him.

Despite the fact that he *hates* being changed- he seemed very content with the bath and really enjoyed the post-bath massage.

Here is the little I could record:




Afterwards, he was a cuddly kid in the towel.

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