I'm back!

[eimarra]

As is probably clear to those whose LJs I've wandered through, dropping casual comments, I'm back and spending time on-line rather than completely wrapped up in watching the newborn sleep. You'd think I'd been through this before or something. ;-)

Not that the second is identical to the first, of course. The first had no jaundice and by the first post-hospital check-up was already up over initial birth weight. The second is jaundiced (though I think it's getting better) and lost a couple more ounces between when we left the hospital and the first check-up yesterday.

8 pounds, 13 ounces at birth; 19-1/2 inches long. (Yesterday: 8 pounds, 1 ounce; 20-1/2 inches. Doctor doesn't think length measurement in hospital was accurate.)

She's also spending a lot more time alert than I remember being normal for newborns. And What to Expect in the First Year says maybe an hour total per day of socialization time, a few minutes per hour. She's definitely way beyond that.

So, yes . . . happy, healthy, and home.

Thanks for all the well wishes!

Comments

[david-bridger.livejournal.com]

Welcome home, and well done, and love to all of you!

[eimarra]

Thanks. :-) Good to see you back at FM, too.

[mrockwell.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!!! Glad to hear all is well with you both. But you should be spending this time sleeping, especially with an extra-alert newborn! ;)

[eimarra]

Surprisingly enough, I'm still getting 6 to 7 hours of sleep at night. I'm hoping this continues.

[temporus.livejournal.com]

Hooray for happy, HEALTHY, and Home.

[eimarra]

Thanks. Yes, I'm very happy about that!

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

Welcome home, and welcome back. Good wishes for the new one's jaundice clearing up!

[eimarra]

Thanks. It's been looking much better the past couple of days.

[slobbit.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear everyone's fine.

[eimarra]

Thanks. Hope all is well with you. I haven't popped over to your LJ yet--bad me. :-(

[lizjonesbooks.livejournal.com]

Hooray!!!
Hooray hooray hooray!!
Glad you're both doing so well-- post pics when you can!

[eimarra]

We'll see about pics. I tend to try to keep my family's privacy, so don't use names or photos much. But maybe one or two.

[lizjonesbooks.livejournal.com]

Makes sense to me... I put them up, but only f-locked. It's a big scary world...

[suelder.livejournal.com]

Yes, pics would be lovely.

Glad to hear you're well and baby's getting better. Big baby!

[eimarra]

Heh. My first was 10 pounds, 2 ounces. This one feels tiny!

congrats!

[crimson-angel.livejournal.com]

Glad you're all good.


CA

Re: congrats!

[eimarra]

Thanks!

[ca-bookwyrm.livejournal.com]

That's great to hear! Best wishes for the new year for you and your family.

[eimarra]

Thank you. Best wishes for the new year to you and yours as well.

[l-clausewitz.livejournal.com]

Have you no suspicions at all that she may possess superhuman sentience? ;P

[eimarra]

Every parent's nightmare -- a child who not only thinks she knows more than her parents, but who actually does!

[ericreynolds.livejournal.com]

Congratulations and I'm glad everything is good! Our second was jaundiced as well. Didn't last long.

[eimarra]

Thank you.

Her color was good this week at her check-up, and she put on 6 ounces in 6 days--pretty much what they want to see. So no more worries at the present.