M and I came home from the hospital on Saturday. So far so good. Aside from the to-be-expected lack of sleep, we're slowly getting used to the cycle of feeding, burping, changing, and starting over. Alex doesn't feel like sleeping much longer than one or two hours at a time. Hopefully that'll get a little more soon. But it's all worth it. We get so excited when he coos or shows a hint of a smile or strikes a pose. And he smells so good!
Carmen is surprisingly tolerant as well, running for cover only during the loudest of cries. She does have kind of a new chagrined look about her though. Like "Really, you think that was a good idea"? She'll get over it.
We've had a little trouble with an incompatibility between M's and his blood type, so we've had to go into the hospital every day for blood tests, to make sure his slightly yellow hue doesn't change to full blown jaundice. So far his billirubin (?) count has been high but stable; today it went down to a little bit more more normal level. We'll know more after the pediatrician visit tomorrow.
M is doing well overall. The many blood tests have been hard on her (me too!), and I think she's starting to suffer from a little post-partum stress. But we'll be ok. M's mom will be around for the next two weeks; she's an enormous help. An we're getting a constant flow of the nicest emails, facebook comments, and calls... thank you guys!
Also quite entertaining are the many curious new items in our household such as as "Baby Wipes: Sensitive Skin". Really, is there another kind? Like turpentine-strength for the leather-skinned baby that craps tar? More investigations to follow.
Anyway. Back to work. I think there's a diaper that needs changing.
Hurray :-D
