Akimashite Omeditogozaimasu (Happy New Year) and Week One...

Happy New Year Everyone! The new year also marked the first week of life for Elodie. It has been a busy, sleepless week (more for Bryn-Erinn than Brett by far), but we have seen great strides in her development. In the hospital Elodie had a moderate level of bilirubin, which made her quite sleepy. We got her out of the hospital by cold wiping wet rags over her when she went to the breast to get her to wake up to eat (the Pediatrician approved/suggested this baby water boarding). It took another day or so before she was eating at a rate, but now she mostly eats like a champ. We have also had pooh all over the baby, out the sides of the diaper, the changing station, and on the wall. I never knew that such a little girl could project so well. We did have to take her to get an ultra sound to check her sacral dimple to assure that there wasn't a fistula (a low grade form of spina bifida), which there wasn't. In the last few days she has been having more eyes open time, and we believe that she is starting to make more faces at us. We took the nice sunny weather to take some one week pictures of our little peanut. We love her very much, which is a saving grace when mom is very tired.