First week at home

We've had quite a first week at home...here are the highlights.

Ready to leave the hospital on Thursday

Leaving for the doctor on Friday morningAt the pediatricians office...Nate is really getting used to this place!

Nate was tested for jaundice twice before leaving the hospital. His first test was borderline, but then his second had gone down, so they let us go home. On Friday at the pediatrician they retested him and his number had gone way up. They sent us home with a bilibed for him to lie in and we had to go back to the doctor on Saturday to have his numbers rechecked again.

Nate in the bilibed, which he hated the first night.

On Saturday his numbers had gone up again, so we needed to supplement his feedings with formula to get his system flushed out. We had to retest on Sunday at the hospital and thankfully his numbers had gone down enough to take him off of the lights. Back again to the doctor on Monday and his numbers had gone up, but not too much for them to be concerned. We scheduled to go back today (Thursday) to check his weight and bilirubin numbers again! His numbers went up again today, so we are only feeding with formula today and will have to test again tomorrow. If you weren't counting, tomorrow will be his 8th test! Hopefully the numbers will go down!

Our first walk around the neighborhoodNate's welcome sign from church

Nana and Papa Penny couldn't wait to get their hands on Nate and arrived last night. It's been nice to have a break on the nighttime feedings/crying and will have lots of food to eat when they leave.