Glow Little Gloworm

Louise's jaundice is the last piece of the well baby puzzle that we need to solve. Although wrapping her torso in a light blanket, in the grand scheme of things, is not a big deal it is just one more hurdle to contend with in this whole "getting back to normal" thing that I am SO ready to do.

We can't dress her in her cute newborn clothes (and she's going to grow out of them soon!), she's attached to this thick cord all the time which makes it hard to hold her comfortably, her little torso is all sweaty from the plastic blanket, and we can't take her anywhere, even out for a walk.

After two days of this I was understandably anxious for this morning's doctors visit. We were getting another bilirubin reading and I was terrified that it would go up again and we'd have to head back to the hospital (although our pediatrician just said we'd have to come back tomorrow to check again at worst).

Thankfully about an hour ago I got the call that her number went WAY down (from 17.1-12.9). Under 10 is what we're aiming for but over 20 is in the danger zone...we're on our way! So this weekend we're going to be able to take her out into the real world! I'm hoping for good weather for the farmers market tomorrow morning and possibly even a walk? I'm so thankful to be out of the woods!