I apologize for the delay in Alex updates. It’s been a bit…um… busy around here.
Alex is 13 days old today. He’s doing great! He’s really a wonderful little baby. He eats well, sleeps well, poops well and doesn’t cry. I know I’m cursing us by saying it out loud, but I’m so happy with how he’s been doing.
He had a doctor visit Monday and another blood test for billirubin levels. The levels came up to 9.2, so we had to have another follow up on Tuesday. That one was lower at 8.9, so we go back to the doctor and the lab on Friday. We’re making sure he has as much skin contact and time with the BilliBlanket.
His checkup went well. He didn’t cry or complain about any of it. He got a clean bill of health, except for the billirubin. They want us to increase his feedings to every 90 minutes to help get him flushing the billirubin out of his system. The doctor also strongly urge us to allow no visitors with the swine flu situation going on. Which is actually ok with us because our house is a mess :)
I’ve been feeding Alex during nap times and the last night feedings (I’m up anyway) and Kathie is getting up with him in the early morning feedings. It’s working out pretty well.
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