Feb
12
Okay, I don’t want to gross anyone out too much, but I just want to say this for the record: although I do not know what it feels like to push a baby from my own body, I DO know what it feels like to go big Rudy lay some Alaska pipe drop the kids off at the pool stack some logs pinch a loaf go Number Two after the effects of hydromorphone hydrochloride have wreaked their internal havoc, and if childbirth is any worse than that, well thank the 8 lb, 6 oz baby jesus for the miracle of surgery because OH MY GOD THE PAIN THE PAIN KILL ME NOW.
Ahem. Onward, to the less unsavory blog content:
Dude, Cat is twice the size of the baby. That’s just wrong. Also note how she’s getting as much hair as possible on his pacifier. We’ll probably blow that off or wipe it on our shirts or something before cramming it back in his fuss-hole, we’re not unsanitary.
Riley would like everyone to know that he is still v. cute and charming, even though he suddenly seems about the size of a T-Rex.
SPEAKING OF CUTE. Hello, big brother kissing on the baby, could you DIE.
This last one is just in case you haven’t had your RDA of sucrose. I believe this child may be formed entirely of creme brulée. I mean, when he’s all angelic and sleeping like that, not so much when he’s making weird elephant trumpeting sounds from both ends at 3 AM.
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I would say something about how cute your kids are, but melting into a big puddle has prevented me from doing so.
So beautiful! I can hardly take it.
I had a vag birth, still cant go and its been 18 weeks. Its all softners around here, and even with that I feel like Im turing inside out. Nice.
Ohhh man. that last pic is sooo yummy.
I remember my first, you know, after my vag birth. Dude, talk about wrong.
Oh Linda, Colace was my friend after my c/s! It saved my ass, so to speak! Try it!
Riley is cute as ever and looks like a great big brother!
Dylan has the smoochiest face! Lurv baby cheeks!
Hope you feel better soon!
My ovaries burst into jealous flames at the picture of Riley kissing Dylan. Too much cuteness!
Well. For the record, I did deliver vaginally (though with the help of an epidural, thanks to all that is holy). Even though the epi seemed to be wearing off by the time I delivered (i.e. I was whimpering quietly and breathing through the pain for 2 hours before they realized I was fully dilated and it was showtime), that was NOTHING to how painful my first post-delivery BM was. Don’t know if it was the episiotomy stitches, the general soreness of being just 2 days postpartum, or what, but I’ve never felt such pain in my life. I seriously considered suicide, just so I wouldn’t have to actually go. And thank you to the stool softener pushers out there, but I’d taken those as directed, and they DID NOT HELP AT ALL. How’s that for krazee?
But I lived through it, and everything got better after that, amen.
Dylan is TOTALLY decadent. And the kiss from Riley puts the cherry on top. :)
Oh my ovaries!
You guys leave the nicest comments, I swear. And H: I just laughed so hard at your dry grapefruit story I think I may have ruptured something. Oh god.
First: Dylan has the sweetest face!! So beautiful!
Second: I had my son the “old-fashioned” way and can I tell you, I think I was more scared of that first trip to the bathroom than I had been about the labor and delivery. And with good reason. It. Was. Horrible. I feel your pain.
OK…as a non-child-bearing (yet) female, can I enquire as to WHY the first BM is so bad?
Does all the liquid in your body disappear or something so it feels like passing a pile of twigs??
there is no sentiment I can express that hasn’t already been said here, SO SWEET, I want to bite off both of their noses and chew them like bubble gum. (ok, that sounds “TOO fweaky” but I know you know what I mean)
Your nails look fantastic!
Awwww….So, so cute!
Too cute, Dylan is indeed a creme brulee baby – yum!
And Riley kissing him on the head, yep, just died.
Oh, and yay Cat! :)
I am so amazed at how cute your boys are. Riley is going to be breaking hearts in the future I think, that grin is awesome.
In your list of metaphors for “number two” you forgot: Taking the Browns to the Super Bowl. (That’s a football reference, BTW!)
Oh, those ears. Those still-squishy, velvety soft, completely foldable, just-like-a-puppy’s ears! I. Must. Touch.
What the hell?!!! It hurts to poo?!! Pregnancy gives you gas? Placenta looks like a liver? They never tell you this stuff!
Thank you for reason 9072 why it’s better for me to adopt.
So, I just have to add one thing to this. Normal Labor = Pushing = Hemorrhoids. Never experienced that before and good GOD was that painful. Seriously, go get a stool softener so you don’t cry every time you think you need to go take care of business. Also, if you go to Safeway, ask for the generic colace from the Pharmacist. It’s the same stuff as what’s on the other side of the counter and 1/2 the price! I’m embarrassed I know so much about this.
Lastly, seeing those pictures makes me want to get pregnant again so my little man can dote on his little sibling. Beautiful.
Theory: Sweetness of baby is directly proportional to amount of ice cream consumed daily during pregnancy.
With only 6 weeks left I am waaaay behind…
“Hello, big brother kissing on the baby, could you DIE.” Yes, yes I could.
Amazing pictures, all of them. The one of Riley kissing Dylan is fantastic, of course, but also, the one of Riley by himself?
Wow. What a great looking little boy.
Oh yeah they start out creme brulee but they end up like Pecan Pie. A little nutty but still really sweet!
My baby is 20. I now gaze at his baby and laugh when I think of what he is in for (ok and a little jealous too).
I did not have a CS but have heard they are worse because when you are done, then the hurting begins instead of vice versa. Plus it is longer discomfort than labor pains.
Also, look at your completely fabulous nails! Holy crap.
(All of the pictures are the sweetest things ever, even the one of Cat. But the one of Riley and Dylan actually made me weepy!)
Dylan is positively made of whipped cream. He’s DARLING. And dude, I love Riley. And still, like I said, he looks so little to me with his wee dimpled elbows. I can’t stand it.
And to the commenter above who said they noticed that JB always has an animal or a kid with him, which indicates that he’s a nice man: I agree. I’ve always noticed that, too.
Absolutely darling photos. You and JB make some darn fine babies.
MiraLax. That’s all I have to say.
Any opioid should be prescribed with a stool sofener. What was the doctor thinking!?
So, um, I DID get a whackload of stool softeners (ugh, worst term EVER) and Colace and I STILL felt like I was, well, shitting an actual real brick. Seriously, I am still traumatized.
I am SO glad someone else talked about ‘dropping the kids off at the pool’ after medicated childbirth because GOOD GOD I was on the bed crying after one particularly bad episode. Luckily it all fades away and we can forget it ever happened.
Speaking as the chronically constipated woman with baby fever…
Sundry: Poop trauma and babies? Possibly the best Blog Entry Evah! Can I come over and play with dem boys? (i mean that in the most NON-stalkerish way possible.)
H-thanks for the laugh too! I almost shot my morning high fiber bowl of oats out my nose. Seriously dude, grapefruit? french bread? I actually have a little poop envy.
OMG – didn’t you JUST tell the internet world you were prego? Boy how time flies – except when you are the prego.
He’s beautiful. What a gorgeous family. I sure hope the Riley loves his brother forever and ever even when Dylan plays with his toys.
Wow, your kids are gorgeous.
I’ve been there, done that, with the C-section recovery. It gets better. (I promise!)
OMG so so CUTE!! Your boys are gorgeous! Congrats!
I think I actually tasted sugar when I saw the pic of Riley kissing Dylan! Too sweet!
Re: after-birth poop – without too much tmi, just be glad it didn’t get impacted. I wanted to die.
Re: Cat – hooray for black kittehs! My black kitteh likes to bat binkies around for fun, and my son pops it in his mouth with no prior cleaning. Oh well.
I can’t even TAKE all these sweet photos of your monchable boys.
Also, I LOVE the blanket Dylan’s wrapped in (first photo). Between the blankets and the hats and the perfect little face, it’s almost unfair how darling that baby is.
Word. How come no one mentions that your rectum will feel the effects long after your girly parts recover?
Hey, how is it possible that you are able to continue updating your blog and posting pictures, and .. functioning as though nothing has happened? If I remember correctly, when my daughter was Dylan’s age, I was thrilled if I could write an email in peace. You’re either really good at this, or Dylan is a really really great baby!
You have gorgeous little boys!