13 Days PP

Today is the day before Will is a whole two weeks old! I still can't get over how fast it's flying. Bill has only a few days of paternity leave yet. We almost had him stay home for another week, but then he got a call yesterday saying he has an interview for a foreman position on Tuesday that he needs to come in for, so he might as well go back to work on time. While I still wish he'd stay home until I'm three weeks out, I'm going to have to get over it and learn how to take over this household again.

Will must be going through a growth spurt today, because he spent almost all day fast asleep. He wakes up when I change his diaper and to nurse and then falls right back to sleep. Usually he has a few long wakeful periods, but today he's snoozing through them.

Last night I finally got some good sleep. Katie took a nap in the afternoon, which led to her still being wide awake when I was falling asleep at night. Bill offered to stay up with her until she passed out so I could just take the baby and fall asleep on my own instead of worrying about her. It was lovely! I fell asleep almost immediately, and the baby slept great all night. Katie came up at some point but continued to sleep throughout the night for once. Will did wake up at 6:30-7 AM and stayed awake after that, but I definitely got more sleep than normal. I'm really going to miss Bill being able to help out like this when he goes back to work! It's so needed right now.

My body seems to enjoy tricking me right now. Every time I think I'm getting closer to being "normal", it quickly sets me right. It seemed like my supply had regulated, I hadn't had problems leaking or needing to pump or being engorged at all for days. But then last night I woke up in the middle of the night completely drenched. Every time I think the PP bleeding is gone, it comes back. This time it was gone completely for three days. Today I finally decided that if nothing happens by tonight, I could take the pad off. Of course an hour ago, I started bleeding again! I can't wait to be rid of the bleeding, I haven't had a period in so long, and even last year I only had less than a handful. It feels so odd to have one now, and one that lasts weeks! But it's not that bad, as the worst of it was gone in about four days and now it's moreso just occasionally. I ended up not really using the undiepad things I bought, as I didn't really need them. Last time, the bleeding with Katie was terrible. I kept soaking through pad, underwear and pants. This time I never had that problem at all, and it was just like a mildly heavy period. The cramps and pain were worse this time, but the actual bleeding was better.

Oh, and my kids look so alike! It's adorable! I can't wait until Will is older and I have a little boy and a little girl who are so similar looking with their cute little features. While I've been hoping that my second boy would look like me (his name just seems like he should be more Italian looking than German), I don't think I'd mind having most of my kids look so alike. I'm really lucky that Bill has good "cute baby genes", as it seems like my genetics have no place in my children!