Photos-Jarrod
History of Jarrod Austin Smith
<>Master Jarrod Austin Smith (b. 16 July 2004) is the son
of Jerry
A. Smith (b. 16 July 1971) and Kim Marie Baker (b. 11 Aug 1969). Yes he was born on his father’s birthday. Kim went into labor at 08:00 that morning. He was born in Bankstown
Hospital in Bankstown, Sydney, Australia
in the evening about 20:00. He came out 55
cm (25 inches) and weighed 3.560 grams (7 lbs 13oz), heathly and had all
his little parts. We named him Jarrod Austin for a reason.
His grandmother started nameing her children with the initials J. A. S.
(Jerry Allen Smith, James Aaron Smith). In order to maintain the tradition,
Kim and I looked for names that fit this tradition. Jarrod came to
mind when we realized that it was unique in our family and had a nice ring.
The Austin came from his Uncle's first wife's child, Austin Chase Atchison.
I love my Austin so much, and even though he is not actually a part of
the family any more, we chose to keep his name.
<>Jarrod came out purple and blue and had the umbilical cord
wrapped twice around his neck. When the doctor
held him up he instructed me to cut the cord. The
very instant that I cut the cord Jarrod took his first breath and cried. What a wonderful sound. Then
he stopped. The nurses cleaned him up and had
to clean out his breathing passages to start breathing again. He immediately gained some color and I was able to
hold him. He spent that night with his mom in
the hospital. That night he stopped breathing
again. The doctor put him in the Neonatal Intensive
Care for the next couple of days and came home on the third day.
Over the next 6 months he was a happy baby. He slept most of the time and would not open his eyes
for the first month. He hated the light. The next 5 months he was open eyed and curious. Towards the 6th month he was getting frustrated
because he wanted to move but hadn’t learned how to sit up or crawl yet. During the 7th month he learned to sit
up great and has learned to get on all 4’s. He
still has to work out the mechanics of crawling.
<>He loves to watch TV, mostly the “Prices is Right”
show with all the lights and colors. He loves
the color red and is intrigued by the emblems on people’s shirts. He loves to be roughed up and tickled. He is a very good baby and a great looking one as
well.
Jerry A. Smith - father of Jarrod
July 2004
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c. 2006
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