Thursday, December 1, 2011

Her first few days

Daisy is already 12 days old and growing like a weed!  Well, she hasn't gained back her birth weight yet, but I feel like she is so much bigger now than she was when she was born. 

I just can't believe how adorable she is. 

Her jaundice still hasn't gone down to a healthy level.  Yesterday they called me and said it was at 14.9.  Poor baby girl has to get her foot pricked all the time to check her levels.  The doctor said they tested her blood and said it was NOT a problem with her liver (thank you God) but instead a problem with my breast milk.  So every day we have to give her at least one bottle of formula to help flush out the bilirubin.  The doctor also said it is NOT due to an under functioning thyroid gland.  She was on phototherapy for awhile.  It was actually pretty cute.  It is this suitcase with bright blue lights in it, almost like a tanning bed.  Here's what she looked like in the bed:






Thankfully she doesn't have to use the bed anymore.  I pray her bilirubin levels keep going down.  It would break my heart to see her jaundice get worse. 

Anyway, her cord finally fell out on Sunday so we gave her a nice bath on Monday. 



She didn't cry during it, but we couldn't tell if she liked it or not.  She had such a stern face the whole time!! 




I caught a great smile from her when we were waiting for Matt in the car. 


She is such a happy baby!!!  I love it :)