Home Sweet Home

Cuddled up on daddy.  Starting to settle in at home. Glad to be here and back into a routine. Kate has been great. We walked in and she started "showing" baby brother things: how to put a puzzle together, how to use the cash register...it was super cute.

Birth Story

We were lucky enough to have a truly awesome doula, Ame, who in large part made this birth possible.  Between our doula, Ame, and our midwife, Lianne, we were totally supported.  Ame wrote up our birth story and it was really fun to read the "real" version of what happened.  My version is, well, skewed and I think took place in another reality.  :)  Daddy P has also been fun to talk to about it because our versions are similar but different, and listening to him talk about the birth fills in a lot of the gaps that I missed.

Ame's version can be found here.

blogger down

or should i say, blogger's brain is down.

man, in three years have i ever repeated a picture?  my apologies, readers.  better coverage will resume tomorrow when i have my electronic cords and attachments at my disposal and am not relying on my phone to blog.  :)

Going Home

After an excruciating night, we have gotten cleared to leave this afternoon unless something changes. We learned that a) Jacob currently wants to eat for thirty minutes every hour or hour and a half, and b) he won't sleep in the crib with the crazy bilirubin lights on him.  He would sleep on us, which just wasn't working for anyone. Finally I put him in the carseat and he slept if I padded around him well. Of course, this is around 5am and he and I are both finally sleeping. Daddy P tells me this morning that the nurse came in and told him that wasn't safe and we needed to take him out so he wouldn't fall out. Thank you, Daddy P, for fighting for our sleep and chasing her away.

Got a few hours sleep and feel human. We are so excited to get to go home and start real life...can't wait!

Bilirubin strikes again!

Jacob's bilirubin crept up overnight. It's still quite low, but the doc doesn't want to send him home because its a long weekend and he won't get checked again until Tuesday.  So, he has ultraviolet lights under his clothing to get his levels down. Daddy P thinks there is a market for skylights here...

Kate came by and was clearly confused by it all. I was also breastfeeding at the time so she was very curious to figure out what was going on. She will spend another night with her nana and papa and hopefully tomorrow we will all be back home again. Paul and I miss her so much.  I thought briefly about letting him sleep at home but he has been way too helpful at night to get away...