I’ve posted some more photos of Claire on Flickr. It’s so hard to capture the essence of a days-old newborn – the wrinkly, dehydrated hands that seem so ancient, the tiny weight in your arms, the incredulous expressions, the first “milky face” with lips all smunched up from nursing when the milk finally comes in, a small dribble of milk escaping down the side of her chin.

We went out for chinese food yesterday and my fortune cookie said, “Past experience will be helpful in your job.” It’s true – after getting two onesies soaked while trying to change a diaper I finally realized that she almost always wants to pee after waking up and will pee as soon as her diaper is removed. The solution? Hold her over the potty. Now I am finding myself EC-ing a newborn when I didn’t plan to start for another two or three months. I wonder whether second babies are easier because they’re born that way or because we are now parents of two and are a bit more confident.

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