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Michael and Colin are asleep together in an armchair, Michael's shirt open and Colin stripped to a diaper (but covered with blankets) so that they can be skin-to-skin. It is such a beautiful sight.

I have just had a shower, which was marvelous, and have read everyone's comments - thanks so much for all your love and good wishes. I should be napping, but I'm too happy.

A few more things about our boy: he has a full thick head of reddish-brown hair. (More color accuracy will be possible once we've washed the vernix out.) He makes these adorable little high squeaky sounds for no apparent reason. He's twenty inches long, and a goodly part of his eight pounds of weight is fat - he's got a double chin and plump juicy arms and legs.

He cried and cried while we were still up on the L&D floor, a time when I remember Alex being very calm and alert. On the other hand, since then he's cried very little at all. He was up for a fair portion of the night, as newborns tend to be, but he alternated between calmly nursing and calmly looking around with wide dark blue eyes. No screaming, no extended fussing. Alex cried for much of her first night and was very hard to settle.

Nursing seems to be going well. He's very particular about how he wants to be put on, but the details of his preferences elude me so far. I just attempt and attempt until he signal that I did the magic thing by latching on. He's got a pretty good latch and a strong, vigorous suck. Newborn sleepiness is not getting in the way of nursing - I don't have to undress him and massage him and all the things I had to do to get Alex to wake up and nurse. He just goes at it. Yay, Colin.

We'll be going home tomorrow. Tonight Michael and Alex are going to come back to the hospital with sushi and cake for a little family welcome party. Life is good.

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[baratron.livejournal.com]

I don't read livejournal for a few days and you go and have your baby! Hehe. Hope all is well with the four of you. I'll try to catch up now :)