Reed’s first week was pretty sweet. Exhausting for sure, but oh so sweet! Most of the time Nate, Mollie and I took turns holding him…. one of us was always waiting for our turn.
It included daily trips back to the hospital to have jaundice checks. This was pretty frustrating because “there was a new computer system” and it took a long time to go to registration and have four different people “do this for the first time.” After we went through registration, we would go back to the women’s center and wait for a nurse to draw blood from his little heel… and then wait for the results (which was also “taking a lot longer than usual because of the new system”). This made all four of us pretty tired and we were ready for a whole day at home.
The good news came after our fourth check… his jaundice levels went down! We were sure we would either be going back into the hospital or going home with a light, but God answered our prayers again and he was just fine.
We also had lots of visitors those first few days…
He was a pretty busy little guy… We had doctor’s visits, jaundice checks, lunch dates, visitors, newborn pictures and meals. Then daddy had to go to Falls Creek and things got even crazier ;) I was packing up the whole house to go to Grandma and Papa’s, even more visitors and even less sleep…. if I was ever going to have another baby, I would not do that again. But, I was happy to have my little helper! Mollie loved you from the start, Reed Isaac! She has been the best big sister ever!
