There are some things that are the same when having a second child as a first, like having to get up in the middle of the night, the inevitable snarliness that accompanies the lack of sleep. There are a lot of differences too… with Caitlin we seemed to be very tentative about everything. When we changed her diaper, we slowly lifted the diaper off her, gently raised her whole bottom and placed the diaper positionally under her, pull it snugly over the legs, carefully tape the diaper down perfectly. With Christian it’s pop the diaper off, heel-kick it into the pail. Grab the legs like a turkey and slap the diaper under, pull the tape up and over, and you’re in and out in 12 seconds. I’m back to work tomorrow and not looking forward to it at all. Kelly’s mom is here for a couple weeks to help, and it’s awesome, she came when Caitlin was born too and it’s a big, big help. Later…

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