Day 5

It's Monday. I think. It's all a little blurry right now, but I'm pretty sure it's Monday.

Everyone here is good... good and tired. Emma is sleeping a lot, eating a lot and pooping a lot. Braden is still doing his usual stuff. Mom is sleeping a little, eating a little and feeding a lot. Dad is sleeping a little, trying to clean a little and changing diapers a lot.

We did have a scare Saturday night. Emma spit up a mouthful of blood, so we rushed off to the ER. After we got there, I started wondering if it could be coming from Kathie's nipples (yeah, it's ok to talk about Kathie's nipples in the context of breast feeding... at least I hope it is.) Sure enough, the doctor told us the most common cause of that is either bleeding nipples or blood left in the system from birth. You'd think they'd tell you about that in at least one of our books or before we left the hospital. We did set a new record for getting to the ER that night and thank goodness Grandma and Grandpa were still here to put Braden to bed. For that matter, thank goodnes for everything they did for us while they were here! It would have been next to impossible without them!

Emma is back to 6 lbs, 1 oz today. Her bilirubin levels are up to 14, but they don't seem worried. We have another blood test tomorrow to make sure they aren't getting up around that dangerous level of 20.

Otherwise everything is going great! She's a great eater, and even better pooper and a good sleeper, even if she seems to think the afternoon is really night time. Then again, she was born at 9 PM, so maybe that makes sense.

Braden has adjusted very well. He's even helping change her, bringing me diapers and wipes. He is even starting to 'cuddle' with her on his bed.

Oh, and Braden went out and played in the snow for the first time today. That is if you consider dad pulling him in the sled for 45 minutes playing. He did walk around a little and took a header off the deck landing face first in the snow. He was both laughing and crying after that... but mostly crying. His favorite snow game is running into snow drifts with the sled. He almost flies out of the sled, but it's the funnest thing in the world!