James is nine days old now... I can't believe how fast it's gone already. He's already changed... he had the same little ear fold that Wil did (though less pronounced), but he's already grown out of it. He had really hairy ears too, and that's starting to go away. It was funny, when he was born, he had little werewolf ears, and little vampire fingernails (they were so long). He's an Underworld fan, just like daddy!
The dry skin is finally starting to settle down. When he was born, the skin on his hands and feet felt like paper, it was so dry. A day afterwards the skin started to crack and peel (just the top layer, thankfully), and then the skin on his face followed suit a few days later. I've been a bad mom and I've been peeling off all the flaky bits on his face. It should be almost cleared up for the party tomorrow (we're having an open house for people to come and meet the little guy).
Wil is doing well so far, but Matt is off work for a bit and my mom is staying with us this week, so he's getting lots of attention right now. He likes to hold his little brother (occasionally) and gives him lots of little kisses. Unfortunately he also likes to lay his head on James when I've got him on my lap, which is maybe a bit more weight than the wee one can handle.
I'm doing really well... the recovery from the VBAC is a helluva lot easier than the recovery from the c-section. I did have trouble following my midwives' recommendation to stay in bed for three days and let myself go downstairs once a day (packing up all the things I'd need for the day so I didn't have to go up again until bedtime). We've been out a few times (little trips to the grocery store and such) but I haven't gone by myself with the two boys yet.
Still have to write up the birth story... going to try to get the notes from the midwives next week at the appointment as I can't remember times and such. I do know I was stuck at or below 3 cm dilated for-flippin'-ever... I think I had too much fluid and it was letting James float around and so his head wasn't pushing against my cervix to open it when I was having contractions. Anyways, more on that all later. It was a hugely better experience than the c-section and I'm so glad we hired the midwives.
More later...
