Annaleigh Update

My little one is so precious. We love having her around this house. She is a very happy baby in general and even when she is fussy, it is not overwhelming. She has a very quiet cry. She has been getting a lot of love from her grandparents and uncles and aunt.

However, she has been a little on the sick side as of late. We have a jaundice baby!! We have had to take the baby to the doctor 4 of 5 days to get her blood tested and determine her billirubin levels. The have gone back and forth on the numbers. It got high enough on Monday that we had to begin boosting her feedings with an ounce of formula every other feeding to help flush her system out. It tends to be working, because the numbers went down yesterday and we get multiple runny poopy diapers a day. We go back tomorrow and get it tested again. Hopefully it has gone down some more.

Because of the high levels, I have been feeding her every 3 hrs no matter what. 3 hrs from the beginning of each feeding. This means Justin and I get about 2-2/12 hr breaks between feedings. Justin and I operate on 3 hr increments in a 24 hr period. Needless to say, we are tired. I am hoping to move her up to 4 hrs soon.

One funny story and picture: On Monday Annaleigh turned one week old! In honor of it, (and because none of her clothes have been fitting yet) we found one outfit that fits to take her to the doctor in. Well, I got her dressed and she looked adorable. We took a couple of pics and then as I was walking with her down the hallway she had a poopy diaper. Well, I took her back to the room to change it. She then proceeded to do her favorite thing that she does in the morning. She peed all over herself and my hand after I wiped her. Which means she also peed on her clothes. She was in her adorable little outfit for all of three minutes. It was hysterical. I laughed at the changing table for like 5 minutes.

Attached is her dressed up prior to the accident!