Brilliant second-time parent observation #1

It is not recommended that you wash a disposable diaper in your washing machine. Especially with other laundry in there. The result is hundreds - no, thousands - of tiny gel pellets that stick to EVERYTHING. And your laundry smells Pampers-fresh all day.

By the way, we have a new baby. Natalie Elise was born as scheduled on April 5 via repeat maternal slice and dice, aka c-section. She weighed in at a whopping 6 lbs 6 oz - one ounce less than I weighed at full term, and she was born at 36 weeks!! She was more than double what Molly weighed at 31 weeks (3 lbs, 1 oz). I bounced back a lot faster this time than with Molly's c-section - probably the result of 6 weeks of couch arrest, I was ready to run laps the day after the delivery! Anything to finally be up and around.

Big sister Molly has been utterly fascinated with the whole process. She knows all about the "big ouchie on Mommy's tummy - they have to CUT her to get baby Natalie out!!!" and she is willing to tell you ALLLLL about the "milk from Mommy's BOOBS!" She helps us give bottles of breastmilk; helps hand us wipes and diapers during changes; and has appointed herself captain of the Pacifier Patrol, following us all over the house going "does she want her pacifier NOW??? How about NOWWWW? is she AWAKE??? Awwww, I think she wants her PINK pacifier not the GREEN one!!!!"

So far Molly has not impaled the baby, although she does like to pat her on the head and check that the soft spot is still there -- so if Natalie grows up to front an all-girl Megadeth cover band or do something equally inane like go to Michigan or Michigan State, that will explain it all.