Amy Schumer totally nails bathing her newborn for the first time. Sort of.
Amy Schumer and husband Chris Fischer welcomed their first child on 6 May. The little guy, who they have named Gene, arrived and Amy’s Hyperemesis gravidarum promptly departed.
Onward and upward
The newly minted mum-of-one has been tracking the family’s progress ever since and it’s clear that they are delighted in a) tiny Gene’s adorable presence and b) the lack of vomiting – well, grown-up vomiting, at least – in the house.
Amy spent pretty much her entire pregnancy with her head in a bucket or sick bag thanks to the severe pregnancy illness HG.
Once Gene was born the HG disappeared straight away and she’s been kicking up her heels with a return to the comedy circuit, a lot of breast milk pumping … and some details on Gene’s first bath.
“First bath no problem,” Amy captioned an Instagram story over the weekend.
The snap shows her holding her little boy and giving a slightly exhausted-looking half-smile to the camera. A post-bath Gene seems much more self-assured, snuggled up in a towel, overseen by his very pleased new dad.
A delightful new normal
The couple are not only obviously very deep in that newborn bubble. They are also very, very soggy. We’re sure all parents will agree that this is pretty characteristic of the newborn bathing milestone.
It’s not an easy feat, especially when babies are such slippery little suckers when damp!
Amy and Chris are taking to parenthood like ducks to water. Amy’s headed back to work for a brief stint doing stand-up and looks to be happily sharing the parenting load, with lots of expressed milk perhaps proof of that.
Last week Amy gave a shout-out to the mum-shamers who vocally decided that she’d gone back to work too soon.
“Sending out love to the moms shaming me for doing standup last night!” she wrote in an Instagram post showing her bleary-eyed and happy in her undies, attached to a double breast pump.
