We may actually know what we're doing!

Things actually seem to be going pretty well. Carina is still eating and pooping like a champ, yay! It looks like she has gained at least 3 ounces since Monday. Our little girl is growing so fast.

We went in for our follow-up pedi appt on Wednesday and because her numbers were so close to normal on Monday, the Dr. did not feel the need to do another blood test, hallelujah! We hate to see her so upset when they do tests like that. Later Wednesday night we discovered during a diaper change that her umbilical stump had fallen off just in time for her one week birthday! We're not sad to see it go. It was a little creepy.

Thursday my parents came to visit and held Carina the entire time. She's spoiled already. Mom brought chocolate chip cookies and they have held us together ever since, haha.

Yesterday Carina woke up with a yellow discharge in one eye so we called the pedi and they wanted to see us in the afternoon. Our friends delivered dinner around lunch time and then we took our first big outing to Babies R Us. I wanted to buy a few pumping supplies. Carina slept the entire time. Later at the pedi we found out she has an infected clogged tear duct. We have some ointment to put in her eye twice a day and we were told massaging the corner of her eye could help too. I think it looks better already today.

We had our friends Mike and Missy come to do a newborn portrait session this morning. It went extremely well. I woke Carina up from a nap so she was a little fussy but I think we got some really nice shots. Can't wait to see and share them!

So now Peter and I are hanging out while Carina naps. We'll probably grab some lunch soon. Days seem to go very nicely and Carina sticks to a pretty good every 3 hour feeding schedule but the past couple of nights have been a little harder. We wonder if she has some gas issues and gave her gas drops last night. Sometimes she's just too fussy to sleep but it all works out in the end and we all end up with at least a little sleep.

We just love being mommy and daddy!

Week One

So far, so good! The 3 of us are doing very well. Settling into some sort of routine (or as much of a routine as one can have with a newborn).

Sunday we had some visitors. Peter's parents, my brother, sister-in-law and nieces and two couples from our small group. It was a lot of fun to show off our little Pumpkin but it wore us all out, haha. Still, it was really great to see everybody. When we're pretty much house bound, it's nice to be reminded that there's a world going on outside the front door.

Monday we got a call from the pedi at 7:50 am asking if we could make a 9:10 am appt. Of course we needed to get in for our follow-up appt and we were the ones who forgot to set it up till after office hours on Friday so I said sure. We've never moved so fast! Shower, feed the baby, dress the baby, pack a diaper bag, get the baby in the carseat... it was an adventure! The appt went very smoothly. Carina weighed 6 pounds so the Dr. thinks she's on her way to gaining back her weight. She was an absolute doll for the entire visit - so content. They did have to take blood to check her jaundice levels again and of course she didn't like that but as soon as they were done she settled down. We love this kid!

Found out the acceptable levels for jaundice run on a number scale with 12 being the cap for healthy levels. Carina was 12.2 so she's really not bad at all but the Dr. wants to see her again tomorrow. I fear more blood work will be involved - poor baby. For now we're just feeding her as much as she wants and hoping she poops a lot (which she is!). I have now officially turned into one of those moms who talks about her baby's poops. Oh no!

Last night Chris and Michelle brought us lasagna for dinner. Michelle organized meals for us from friends at church (our small group, fellow Sunday school teachers, our Sunday school girls' parents). We're set with meals for the next 3 weeks! What a blessing.

This morning Peter had a few errands to run so Carina and I hung out together. We napped on the couch - her on my chest. I love it! She had a really good feeding while Peter was out and has been sleeping ever since. Probably means she'll be up and hungry again soon. I'm getting really good at one-handed typing and eating.

So that's the latest. We are all feeling and doing great. Could obviously use a bit more sleep but we may move Carina from the pack-and-play to her crib tonight so I can actually sleep in my own bed instead of on the couch. We'll see what happens!