I thought he wouldn't do this until he was a silly teenager...

So I looked down today and Finn has this terrible purple bruise on his arm. I started racking my brain to figure out how on earth he got it.

Could I have pinched his arm in the car seat?
Did I somehow squeeze his tiny little arm too hard when I was moving it out of the way to nurse him?

So naturally I felt like an incompetent parent and was sure that someone would see it and like call the state on me for abusing my tiny baby!

Then as I was snuggling him to burp him and he was sucking on his arm as he does quite often, I realized where his bruise came from.

That's right folks!

My six week old gave himself a hickey!

Thursday Thirteen #52

13 Steps for Changing a Poopy Diaper

1. Look down an see yourself and baby covered in nasty poop.
2. Place infant in bassinet changing area.
3. Strip down to panties as they are the only thing not covered in poop.
4. Strip infant down to nakeeness.
5. Wipe infant down with warm washcloth.
6. Realize one wasn't enough and use another washcloth.
7. Realize that wasn't enough and use about 2 dozen wipes.
8. Diaper infant.
9. Dress infant.
10. Treat all poopy clothes with Spray 'n' Wash.
11. Dress yourself.
12. Sit down to snuggle sad baby and realize the boppy cover was also poopy.
13. Change clothes again and strip boppy cover, remembering to pretreat!

Well that was the nastiest diaper ever, but he's worth it! I'm so thankful I was at home when it happened!!!!!!!!!!

Cute Boy!

Here is my sad attempt at photographer, but at least I had a great subject!

The beautiful blanket under him is the one that Vixen made for him. Thanks so much again!

Thursday Thirteen #51

13 Things I’ve Learned in the Last Few Weeks

1. Why some people thing bibs are so vital!
   I never understood people's fascination with bibs for little babies. Why they make so many adorable ones for newborns… I understand now!!! Nicky spit up like three times in his entire infancy. Finn spits up three times in one feeding!
   
2. That you should never let a nurse give you Pitocin to speed up labor unless she swears a blood oath that you'll get an epidural when you ask for it!
   My water broke at midnight and at six the next morning I still wasn't really in labor. I told them if they gave me Pitocin I'd want an epidural. They did and when I asked for my epidural they said he was with someone else… An hour later during which I'd had the most excruciating pain of my entire life, I was fully dilated and he was still giving someone else her epidural… Well that isn't true at that point he was filling out paperwork… No comment there…
   
3. Babies who can be laid down for short periods of time really do exist!
   Finn will let me lay him down without screaming for at least short periods of time sometimes. Nicky screamed the second he left contact with your body!
   
4. Fenugreek makes you smell like it!
   Ick!
   It's an herb that helps with milk production, but after a few days on it Finn and I both were stinky!
   
5. I'm tired!
   
6. Corndogs really are gross.
   For some reason they weren't when I was prego but now they definitely are again!
   
7. Though he can be laid down for short periods, he'd much prefer my lap.
   Hence his current location!
   
8. This little dude is really particular about his pacifiers!
   Only one specific kind will do!
   
9. Apparently it is possible to have twins three years apart.
   
10. My little boys are just tooooooo cute!
    
11. No, really! I'm quite tired!
    
12. It's possible to turn my little boy against me just by "hiding" from him for two days.
    

    He was really miffed with me when I got home from the hospital. Completely refused to acknowledge me for a good two hours!
    

13. I seem to be able to come up with a Thursday thirteen even when I have only had 2 hours or so of cumulative sleep.
    

So I thought they looked alike...

But I didn't realize they were practically twins until I put their pictures next to each other. I took an older picture of Nicky since he was such a tiny little guy when he was a born. He was closer to Finn's size when he hit one month.