1st fortnight of Juny 2011 Barcelona. Montanyans 1 (Bº La Ribera)
A new dad’s first steps are always clumsy and imprecise. Luckily, babies, though have no patience, do not get frustrated with their caregivers (in that, they are clever from day one) and that’s the reason why they provide such broad possibilities: laughter mixed with weeping, calm and quiet moments mixed with anxious and hurried ones. Moreover, if your windows are wide open to the street, as the morning goes by the sounds of people passing by, of children playing in the park, of birds, of noisy shops (like the saw cutting at the butcher’s shop beneath), of people whistling, of the wind chimes on a neighbor’s balcony, of bells, of sirens, or the neighbor’s dog barking amongst others, configure a continuous flow of sounds that merges the public and the private, the articulated with the simple, the environmental sounds with those from specific activities, the meaningful with the mere anecdotal... and all this is spiced up with some music and other T.V. incursions. In the end, it all conforms a totum revolutum that involves and accompanies us in our daily routines, whether we pay attention to it or not: whether we take advantage of it or not.
English version: Noemí Aznar

Hygiene and fitness, necessary (3/6)




When I realize, Alea starts to move about on her blanket, which is extended on the couch… there’s no music and the window is open: some children play and shout out in the park down the street and their sounds dominate over the neighbors’ conversations who go, come, stop…
Mean
Barely noticeable, the bells are ringing in the background again. This time the bells don’t call the hours; it’s a different sound (must be a special mass or something of that sort).

In the good company of some bossa nova we proceed to do some exercise, which is nothing more than gently stretching her extremities: one arm, the other, both; one leg, the other, both… up, down… to one side, to the other… extend, bend…

(08:15) A child’s shout has made a dog bark and, suddenly, all the dogs in the area have something to say. I would be better to close the window till they calm down.
And, once exercise is finished, let’s dance a little.

(10:00) It seems that she is not that interested in dancing and prefers to be lying on the sofa making her little noises… Oh well, so we get back to gymnastics and little noises…Whatever it takes to make her feel relaxed and happy.


while, dad is preparing the changing station, a clean diaper, baby wipes, Alea’s creams… First I unbotton and remove, head first, her bodysuit. Then I take off the stickers on the sides that hold the diaper in place; the diaper gets loose (today she has only urinated); I clean it well with a wet wipe, front to back, and I rub some ointment to avoid irritation. After that, I apply moisturizer cream to soothe her skin right before putting on the clean diaper, the bodysuit…
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