Today was Lucas's first visit to our family doctor. Overall, everything went well. In particular, his weight is starting to increase, which is always good news. His birth weight was 7 lbs, 3 oz, but by the time we'd left the hospital, it had dropped to 6 lbs, 9 oz. This is pretty common since babies have to get used to manually feeding and not just having everything served right to them (if one wants to imagine a thick veiny cord as a waitress). Anyway, his weight earlier tonight was back up to 6 lbs, 15 oz, so he's apparently getting the hang of the whole breast chomping thing.
His circumcision is still looking pretty nasty, but it's definitely better than it was the day the doctor went a-snipping. Man, that was an uncomfortable sight. I have no idea whatsoever how grown men can get that done as adults. *shudder*
The only health concern we currently have is that Lucas looks a little more jaundiced than he ought to be. This ties in with the fact that he's very lethargic when it comes to breastfeeding. Typically, he'll start feeding, and within a few minutes, he is almost asleep and has to be prodded to continue. The doctor wrote us up a referral to get his (some medical term that I've already forgotten...let's call them "midichlorians" for now) checked tomorrow in order to determine his "jaundice level." Worst case scenario, we might have to leave him at the hospital for the night, and they'll put him under the lights that magically cure jaundice or some such thing. Marilu and I are definitely not high on that idea since it means being away from our little mutant plus it may screw up his breastfeeding as they'll likely give him formula. Anyway, we'll know more in the morning since we're bringing him to the children's hospital to do the jaundice test.
Other than that, he's a healthy baby boy, who is spending all his free time sleeping, eating, and being gassy. Oh, that reminds me, I was able to finagle my way out of changing a poop-filled diaper until today, when I had the "privilege" of changing two of them. I'll admit it wasn't quite as bad as I expected, but I don't foresee a career change to "diaper changer" anytime in the near future.
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If it's any consolation, changing babies' diapers is worst for the first few weeks, as their digestive systems get used to...well, digesting.
That said, I'm still glad it's you and not me!
midichlorians...the word was probably bilirubin. joey was pretty jaundiced and we had to have him checked a bunch too. i'm sure you already know this, but, they say sunlight helps and lots of poopy diapers. we topped joey off with a little formula after breastfeeding to help bring it down. lucas is absolutely beautiful and you guys both look terrific!!! i wish we could be closer to see him! clairanne
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