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Topic: Take two

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Baby! Henry arrived Sunday on his own speedy schedule. Apparently he wasn't interested in waiting for us to get to the hospital as we'd planned. So yeah, I accidentally a home birth. At least we didn't get in the car, and the midwife arrived in time.

Zoë slept through the whole thing in the next room and discovered a baby brother in the morning. She is currently obsessed with all things baby, which is adorable. Henry is obsessed with eating and peeing on anyone who dares take his diaper off. Steve and I are obsessed with getting enough sleep.

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Re: Take two

Aw, congrats! big_smile

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Re: Take two

CONGRATS!

Side note, should baby announcements go under "Creations"?

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Re: Take two

Awwwwwww.  Soooooo cute!  Yeah, second children come quicker apparently.  (We made it to the hospital with a shade over 30 minutes to spare.)  You'll probably think you've forgotten how all this stuff works, but it all comes back to you!

A couple of advice reminders (in your case, since you've done this before) from the thread about Dave's recent child:

First, if you have any support while you're at home (parents who've come, friends who live near by) DO NOT HESITATE to exploit them to the fullest extent possible.  Your partner needs her rest, but so do you, and you both need to spend time with your baby.  Get people to cook for you, clean the house for you, go shopping, etc. etc.  ANYTHING they can do for you, tell them to do it.  Now is not the time to be humble and self-effacing.  That is what they are there for.

Second, you guys might have Neal's Yard [in Canada].  If so, score a tub of something they sell called "Baby Balm".  That stuff works miracles with diaper rash.  Their large tub will last you like six months at least.

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Re: Take two

Congratulations! Home birth sounds a little unnerving, but it looks like everything went well.

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Hoop-la! <Lists piggies in descending order of littleness, correlated with meal preferences.>

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Congratulations, Phi.

That's a good-looking family you've got there!

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Congrats, Phi and family. Welcome to the world, Henry smile

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sellew wrote:

Awwwwwww.  Soooooo cute!  Yeah, second children come quicker apparently.  (We made it to the hospital with a shade over 30 minutes to spare.)  You'll probably think you've forgotten how all this stuff works, but it all comes back to you!

A couple of advice reminders (in your case, since you've done this before) from the thread about Dave's recent child:

First, if you have any support while you're at home (parents who've come, friends who live near by) DO NOT HESITATE to exploit them to the fullest extent possible.  Your partner needs her rest, but so do you, and you both need to spend time with your baby.  Get people to cook for you, clean the house for you, go shopping, etc. etc.  ANYTHING they can do for you, tell them to do it.  Now is not the time to be humble and self-effacing.  That is what they are there for.

Second, you guys might have Neal's Yard [in Canada].  If so, score a tub of something they sell called "Baby Balm".  That stuff works miracles with diaper rash.  Their large tub will last you like six months at least.

Yeah, second baby's must come fast for normal people. Our second took nearly 18 hours to appear...

Anyway, congrats on the latest addition. Love the pics with the big sister smile

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D'awww congratulations!

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fireproof78 wrote:

Yeah, second baby's must come fast for normal people. Our second took nearly 18 hours to appear...

Ouch!  That's rough.  Must be a genetic thing.  My wife was my mother-in-law's second and they barely made it to the hospital.

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Congratulations PHI and Family!

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That's fantastic! Congratulations! big_smile

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I'm gonna go ahead and congratulate Spiff. Dude gets no love these days.



(and congrats to the rest of your family smile

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Tomahawk wrote:

I'm gonna go ahead and congratulate Spiff. Dude gets no love these days.

Clearly he gets some occasionally.

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Re: Take two

Thanks for the congrats all big_smile

Eddie: I almost did post it there. Zoë's is over there I believe.

sellew and fireproof 78:  First was 65 hours (2.5ish days) so I was hoping for shorter. This one was zero to baby in less than 4 hours. I am apparently also not normal people.

Dave: Despite having a midwife, home birth was not even on my radar as an option. Hospitals have wonderful features like people who clean up messes and doctors who deal with complications. Also drugs. They have all the best drugs.

Tomahawk and Trey: *got, at least for the next few weeks. I'm not superwoman. Unless we're talking about cuddles. Spiff gets all of them.

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Congrats!

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