One week old!

[two posts today]

Andi is one week old today!
We've had such an awesome week, adjusting to our new life at home. I absolutely love being a mommy :) Ben took last week off, so that was great. My parents have been coming every day to help me out in and around the house - they're cleaning, cooking meals, and getting groceries, so it is so nice to be able to devote all my time to my little one.
On friday, we had Andi's first doctors appointment - she weighed 5 lbs 12 oz, and Dr. Horst noticed she was a little yellow, so we had her heel pricked to check her billirubin levels. Her level was 16.5, and they like to treat a baby when levels are above 15, so even though hers weren't all that high, she still had to go on a billi bed for a few days. Dr. Horst also told me to nurse her every 2 hrs, day and night, to make sure the billirubin comes out of her system, and because she is still pretty small.
A nurse came by every day to check her weight and billi level, and by Sunday evening her level was down to 12. This is right on the border line to come off the bed, so she got a 24 hr trial period off the bed - it was so fun to be able to cuddle with her again! Monday night, the nurse was back, and Andi's level was 11.4, so she is now officially done with her little blue tanning bed! Her weight was also 6 lbs 2 oz yesterday, so she just surpassed her birth weight already! Guess all that nursing is paying off!

Some other thoughts and observations from my first week:
- Never knew the first days of nursing could be that painful :) - I cringed everytime she latched on! Why did I not know about this? haha
- Little girls can also pee all over you when you are not quick enough changing their diaper :)
- I love my little girl, and cannot stare at her enough
- When we are up in the middle of the night nursing, it makes me laugh that when a little 6 lbs human yawns, it makes me yawn too, or that when I yawn she starts yawning in return :)
- This little tiny girl is able to produce an entire load of laundry in one day!
- Oh, and I didn't know either that babies can have a favorite side when it comes to nursing! Andi truly doesn't like my left, so I've resorted in to tricking her into thinking it is also the right side, by holding her as a football :) - haha - you can't outsmart me yet, little one!

One week old, with "Slungel" the rabbit.

(The rabbit came from my parents, and translated in English, "slungel" means something like gangly dude.)