3 weeks postpartum

[charlottezweb]

• Am finally caught up in school. Whew! Website made and turned in, paper handed in after a two week extension. May be buying a voice recognition program to avoid the problem of one handed typing. (can only type this now because Alistair is asleep in the swing)
• Will be glad when the weather gets better--could not face bundling up both kids to take them out into the cold--playgrounds are too wet today and outside is too nippy. (cue laughter from those in northern/midwestern climes)
• Pain is much better--still having some back issues if I overdo things but advil is taking care of it--just have to remember to take some before I start hurting. Every once in a while I get a twinge from something internal but overall, things seemed healed--my incision is basically gone. Acey called me Wolverine when he checked the site yesterday.
• Cloth diapering is going well--doesn't seem any more icky or less convenient than disposables and I feel better about it. We're doing prefolds with covers mostly which is a great system and much cheaper than some of the other options. $20 for one diaper???? Beyond our budget. I am having to scramble just a bit since Alistair was much larger than we were expecting so my newborn stash was about useless, so I'm replacing the important bits with larger sizes and when I have a digital camera again, I can sell the too small stuff.
• Am thrilled that netflix on demand now works for a mac. Woot!
• Royce is still doing ok with the newbie--he doesn't understand about being quiet at all and he's pretty oppositional, but welcome to 3! Trying to cut him some slack since this is all a huge adjustment but am trying to figure out ways to deal with the behavior while walking the line between condeming him and condoning the behaviors.
• Had a couple of friends over for dinner last week--was super nice to see people. Hopefully, will see some more people soon.
• My mom was helpful this week--watched Royce a couple of days this week so I could work on my school stuff, and held Alistair so I could get some housework done in addition. Yay, clean clothes and such.
• Sleep has been much better this week--had three nights in a row of 6-7 hours total, although last night broke the streak. We'll see if he keeps it up, but it seems that if I can get him up around 5pm and then back to sleep around 9pm, he'll sleep about 3-4 hours and then wake to nurse for an hour (I take him in another room and watch tv), and then go back to sleep till morning (we're up at 630am)--so even if he varies some from that, it's still a lot more sleep than I ever had with Royce.
• I've lost 1/2 the baby weight, which is nice since I gained more than expected with this one. Like 10 lbs a week towards the end--crazy amounts of fluid...about 80 lbs total. My maternity yoga pants fell off this am, so I've got to cull the wardrobe.
• Acey is still working crazy hours--the money is nice but I'll be glad when things slow down a bit and he can hang out with us some more. One day off a week is just not enough. :)