"tanning"

When we left the hospital with Baby C (we often asked ourselves, did we really need to even go to the hospital?! =), he had borderline bilirubin numbers for being jaundice. This was something we dealt with G & W as well so we knew the routine - get sun exposure, nurse them like crazy and pray they poop a bunch! G was born premature so she had to be under photo-therapy lights at the hospital for a number of days, but with W we were able to get rid of his without the lights, so we were hoping the same for Baby C (wow, that is weird calling him Baby C rather than baby B!! =). We had an appointment on Monday to check him out, and we knew it wasn't getting better by his color. They drew his levels and he was at 17.9, which is high. So we had to get a photo-therapy bed delivered and start the process of keeping him on that as much as possible and also going in everyday to our pediatrician (oh why do we like our pediatrician so when she is 30 minutes away!) to check his weight and draw blood for bilirubin levels. Baby C did remarkably well having to be on this light bed although it was hard for momma and dadda not to hold him so much! Thankfully we found out that his bilirubin level is now at 11.7, a much more acceptable number, although still not in the clear, but we are able to stop photo-therapy now and as long as he keeps eating and pooping and gaining weight, we don't have to go in until next week to do a final check! Thanks for all the prayers - God is truly blessing us and watching over us!

Here are a few pictures - sorry for the poor quality, computer is still kaput and although I figured out a way to get this pictures from the camera, I couldn't preview which ones looked ok or edit anything either!

G keeping baby C company as he spends time on his light bed. We commented that we would have to send Nanna K this picture as she probably never had such a contraption in this bassinet when she used it for my mom and her siblings!

Baby C "tanning" - we were teasing him that Auntie C has just started tanning for their upcoming tropical vacations, maybe he could go with!!! =)