OK. This is officially my last entry. Turns out, I'm way too young to be a blogger. I just don't have the time to devote to updating my blog on a regular basis, what with all the time I'm spending sleeping and eating and such.

So here's my last update: I'm rolling over now! Mommy and Daddy are excited, but Mommy's already preparing to have to keep a closer eye on me as I begin to become mobile. I haven't started solids yet, but Mommy expects that I will be some time in my 6th month.

I'm a great sleeper - meaning I sleep a LOT. It puts a crimp in Mommy's social schedule, but I'm much happier when I get my naps in.

Mommy said that I should probably update my blog or people will be wondering what's happened to me. So it's been a couple months, and there have been a couple significant developments. The biggest one is that Mommy quit her "old" job to do her "new" job (being my Mommy) full time. It was a tough decision for her, but she's very excited about the new adventures that lie ahead of us.

Other than that, it's been the typical things you'd expect from a baby. I've gotten bigger - 10 pounds 11 ounces at my two month doctor's visit. That's in the 50th percentile for my age. I'm starting to hold my head up when Mommy puts me on my tummy, but I still hate tummy time. It's really no fun. Mommy and Daddy say I'm sleeping pretty well. (I think I'm sleeping fine, too.) I usually go to bed around 6 and wake up between 6 and 7 with one "midnight snack" in between.

Mommy's always taking my picture Daddy says Mommy's gonna' blind me with all the flashes. She posts them whenever she gets a chance, so you should check them out.

Well, it's official: I'm out of the woods. Today my bilirubin was down to 11.2. So since it's still going down without the light therapy, I no longer have to get tested. Thank goodness... my little heels were taking quite a little beating.

Thanks to everyone who was thinking of me during my first illness. Hopefully it will be a while before I have another.

Woo hoo! My bilirubin is down to 12.2! That's a drop of 5.5 points! I think the 2 dirty diapers last night is what did it for me. I still need to go back to the doctor tomorrow to make sure it's still going down, but things are looking great. And the best news of all: I don't have to wear the light blanket any more! Yeah! More time with Mommy and Daddy!

Back to the doctor again. My bilirubin actually went up! Now it's up to 17.7! Good news is that as I get older the number isn't as worrisome. So while a 17.7 would have been very scary when I was 2 days old, now that I'm 5 days old it's not super scary. But I do need to continue with the light therapy. Also, I haven't had a dirty diaper in 2 days now, so once I get my bowels moving, the doctor hopes that things will get better.

Happy New Year! Went back to the doctor today. My bilirubin is down... barely. It's 17.4, down from 17.5 yesterday. So I'll need to go back again tomorrow. I also need to stay under the light blanket and keep taking a bottle of formula with each feeding.

Well, today was my first New Year's Eve. During the day Mommy and Daddy took me to the pediatrician's office. (How cool is that that they're open on New Year's Eve!) They did another bilirubin test and my number didn't go down - in fact, it went up to 17.5 (from 11.5 yesterday). My doctor was a little concerned, so she ordered a photo therapy blanket to be delivered to our house this afternoon

The man came to deliver it around 2 pm. Isn't that cool, too? All these people working on New Year's Eve to make sure I'm OK! However, the blanket is not cool. It's a flexible piece of plastic with a bunch of fiberoptics in it that light up. It has to be wrapped around my mostly naked body (I get to wear my diaper). I'm supposed to stay under it as much as possible, which means Mommy and Daddy basically only let me out to change me and feed me. I'm not really crazy about it and Mommy and Daddy don't really like that they haven't been able to hold me much. But they're more concerned that I get better, so I'm pretty much stuck here. I'm making the best of it.

One other first for me today... the doctor requested that I get supplemented with formula following my feedings to make sure I'm getting enough to eat (bilirubin gets out through my diaper). So I got my first bottle today. Wow, does that make eating easier... I think I'm gonna' like this!

Daddy and me at the doctor's office.


Me getting my first bottle.


Me with the light blanket wrapped around me.


Me with the light blanket on.

Today it was time to go home from the hospital. I was pretty excited. But before we left, I had a couple more things to take care of. I got my picture taken and I sent Mommy and Daddy to one final baby care class and Mommy gave me my first manicure so that I'll stop scratching up my face. My doctor came to visit me, too. She said I was looking a little yellow, so she ordered a test called a Bilirubin test to make sure I don't have jaundice. My doctor thought my bilirubin level was a little too high (11.5), so she asked Mommy and Daddy to bring me in for my first appointment tomorrow instead of waiting until Tuesday. They just want to make sure it starts going down.

We finally left the hospital around 4 pm. Daddy was funny struggling with my carseat. Mommy and Daddy thought they were all ready, but they hadn't put me in it yet and I was too small for the straps the way they were, so it took Daddy some figiting to get it to my size. Still, I needed some extra protection, which came in the form of a rolled up towel.

When we finally got home, Mommy was anxious to get everything into her bedroom. She still is pretty immobile (she's still pretty sore and her feet have swollen to twice their normal size), so she wanted to keep me in her room with her so that she wouldn't have to walk up and down the stairs to get to me. So Daddy went to work turning their bedroom into something that sort of resembled our hospital room. It's now got a place for me to sleep, get fed, get changed, and get cleaned. It's great!

The rest of the day Mommy and Daddy pretty much just held me and fed me and settled into being home with me. I've gotta' say, I think I'm going to like this place.

My first manicure.


Me (and Mommy).


Me sleeping. (See how I'm a little yellow.)


Mommy and me on the way home from the hospital.


Me in my carseat.


Mommy's crazy swollen feet.


Me and Mommy.

Today was mostly a day of recovery. Mommy recovered from labor. I recovered from my birth. And Daddy recovered from his first baby-induced sleepless night. I was up quite a bit last night. I just couldn't sleep for more than 20 minutes at a time. This being out in the world is going to take some getting used to.

We also got a visit from Grandma and Granpa Antonitis, Great Aunt Terry, and Great-grandma and Great-grandpa Osinski.

I also had some tests and screenings done. All in all, it was a long day... but not as long as yesterday.

Mommy and me.


Me sleeping on Mommy's chest.