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Happy holidays from the Muller-Zelazny household. We thought we would share a quick video (sorry about the dim light – we will get a better video up soon) of Evan so everyone can see him in action. Enjoy.
We will be posting some podcasts as soon as Evan starts cooing 😉
What a joy to sit and watch our baby boy – which we do most of the day long. He is the cutest little thing, smiling and making faces all day long. I have to figure something real good is going on in his mind – a really great dream maybe – because his smiles happen often and they are adorable. We will try to catch a smile in a picture soon, although that is easier said than done.
We went to the doctors’ office this morning for Evan to have a weight check and color check. His bilirubin test yesterday came back lower (Day 1 – 5, Day 4 – 18, and Day 5 15.2) – so that is a plus…it is dropping. So the next thing to think about is his weight…which began at 6 pounds 15.2 ounces when he was born to 6 pounds 2 ounces on day 4 to 6 pounds 8 ounces on day 6 (today). Every one was so excited to see that he has gained 6 ounces in two days. He is eating like a “superstar” (as Josh would say) and sleeping just as good. Nights are not too bad, right now. We will see how things progress over the next few days, weeks, months.
The doctor called this morning and he does not feel any treatment is necessary besides frequent feedings – which will cause more poops – which will help Evan release the bilirubin. The number was 18, which sounds high in comparison to his initial number of 5 on day 1…but the doctor did not seem too concerned. He felt this would be Evan’s peak and he would go down from there. So we keep eating and pooping and hopefully he will be better soon. We go back to the doctors tomorrow, so he will be checked out again then.
Our first appointment was scheduled for Friday, but we ended up in the office this afternoon. I noticed during Evan’s morning feeding that his eyes looked yellow (jaundice), which I had just read about in one of the 500 books we have on our dining room table. So Jen called the office and they wanted to see him and just make sure it was not a problem since he is so young. We went to our appointment at 2:30 and being the new parents we are we noticed halfway there that we forgot a diaper bag. So I was just hoping that Evan had and kept his diaper clean for the appointment. (Needless to say I came right home and fixed up the diaper bags and two extra to leave in each of our cars :)). Anyway…it is common for babies this age to be jaundice, but the nurse practitioner wanted to make sure it was not above the limit so we got back in the car to head out to the lab for blood work (another side-note…Evan was starving from not eating since a quick snack in the doctors office for 5 minutes and it was now way past three). We went to the lab and they took the blood and now we just wait.
If the numbers come back high – above 18 – (the NP thought it would probably be 10 or 12 – Evan was a 5 at the hospital on Day 1) then someone would come to the house with the treatment – a special blanket I believe. It was also recommended to feed him every two hours – so my life now revolves around feeding baby Evan – but I will do anything to make him better. Feel free to call or email if you have more questions – I have gone on enough.
Well in comparison to the first night, Evan did great last night. Evan went to sleep around 10pm and we were happy when we did not hear any crying for ten minutes. He woke up for a few feedings before morning came – 12:30am and 4:45am – but unlike his first night home, he was able to go back to sleep afterwards. He seems to not mind his crib – even though he spit-up a little on the cute little dinosaur sheet…but I guess we will get use to that. We just are so happy and he is so cute. We could not have asked for anything more :).
Today will be his first bath – sponge bath that is. Stay tuned.
Was it the new room, the new noises, the abundance of food, or is this how you were in the hospital nursery at night and we did not know it? Amy and I put Evan to bed last night around 10pm in hopes that a quick diaper change and feed would be all he needed to sleep well. After laying in his big boy crib for five minutes, he started screaming. Amy picked him up and took him in the livingroom and got him to sleep for a few hours, but then the screaming started again. Amy and I tried everything, but it took my mother being here – with her patience and a warm burp cloth – to finally calm him down. I just hope that tonight goes better. 😉
After a long day of waiting to be discharged – Amy, Evan, and I made it home. I have uploaded a quick video taken with my camera. I will dust off the video camera tomorrow after we get some rest and start uploading some videos so we can start populating the videos section. I thought it would be appropriate to have his first video be of him sucking his thumb ;). He is adjusting to his new home very nicely. Pita is excited that Amy is home, Salsa loves the new friend, and Triscuit is still a little confused. Evan grabbed Triscuit’s nose at one point while she was smelling Evan at one point and it was very cute. No growling, no snapping…both are doing a lot of resting. To celebrate our first night home together, we ordered pizza from Lou Malnatis!
On Friday (December 15th), Amy awoke at 1210am because of her water breaking. We calmly (really) got everything together (Amy even took the time to water the Christmas tree) and off to the hospital we went. We called our immediate family (Susan included) and told them the exciting news. When she got there, the nurses put us into a labor and delivery room to start the fun. We put on U2’s “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” and settled in for what we thought would be a long night and day. Susan arrived around 3am with a basket full of goodies (Coca-Cola included) and some fun gifts for me (Jen). By 530am, the doctor was called. At 610am the doctor had Amy start pushing. At 648am Evan was born. He is wonderful and perfect, and more than we could have ever hoped for. I have uploaded the photos for everyone to check out in the photos section. Thanks for everyone’s love and support!