Ball and Chain returns. This week Dustin Coleman sits down with father-to-be René Guzman, who is expecting a baby girl in late July.
 

RG: OK, ladies and germs, get ready for my ignorance.

DC: Define the term colic.

RG: Colic. Not to be confused with cowlick, which is what I have suffered with on my head for many years. When I think colic, it sounds bad. Isn’t it like a bad cough or something?

DC: (makes buzzing sound) Wrong. Mayo defines colic as “crying more than three hours a day, three days a week for more than three weeks in an otherwise well-fed, healthy baby.”

RG: It’s bad. I got that part right.

DC: What is the substance found in many milks and formulas that helps with brain development?

RG: When I think of milk, the first thing I think of is calcium, which is great for strong teeth and bones. But beyond that, you can probably tell I don’t drink a lot of milk. So, give me the (buzzing sound).

DC: (makes buzzing sound) That would be DHA. It’s an omega 3 fatty acid that is found in a lot of formulas and good milk.

RG: I could sure do with some right about now.

DC: Define “swaddling.”

RG: Swaddling the child helps the child feel kind of familiar, like it’s kind of in the womb.

DC: You’re right. It’s wrapping a baby firmly in a blanket to keep them warm and secure and to prevent them from waking themselves with their own movements. Good, ding, ding, ding!

RG: Ding, ding. Cool.

DC: My last question, René. When can you resume sexual activity after having a baby?

RG: Well, as much as I want to say when we get home, I’m going to say ..... two to three weeks?

DC: Generally the stuff I have read and researched, they say just to be on the safe side, after the six-week appointment after the child is born. Now, if there was a C-section, or if stitches were involved in cutting down there, it could take a little bit longer.

RG: That is more of a delicate position to be in, so to speak. Yeah, I would think there was more healing involved there. So, seven weeks (laughs).