Bili Baby

Our little Nikson really enjoys giving his mom a heart attack, something I think he will continue to do all his life (if he is anything like his dad). First he didn't want pee for us at all.  It was freaking the nurses out which was freaking me out. They said they needed him to pee in the first 24 hours, well that didn't happen.  He was fine with pooping, we changed 8 poopy diapers in his first 24 hours, he pooped like a champ.  The pediatrician came in on Monday morning and told us we really shouldn't start to worry until it has been 48 hours, which made me feel better but he pushed it. He finally peed after 36 hour since he was born. We celebrated his pee :) when the pediatrician was there on Monday morning he also tested Nikson's bilirubin levels and they were in the high risk zone and so all day Monday and until we got to go home on Tuesday he had to be under the lights in the nursery, they only would bring him out when he was ready to eat, which made it hard for visitors because they couldn't see or hold him and made it hard on me because I missed him.  We didn't get any pictures of him under the lights at the hospital but they did send us home with his eye wear he had to wear under the lights.  On Tuesday his bilirubin levels had dropped into the low risk zone but they didn't want it to jump back up so they sent us home with a light bed that he would have to be in all the time at home except for feeding until we went to the Dr on Wednesday to get his levels tested again.  He absolutely hated his bilibed, and so did I. Our little man likes to be swaddled and secure and in that bed he couldn't be. Our first night home I don't think there was a time that all 3 of us were asleep at the same time, it made for a long night. Josh is an awesome daddy and is so great with Nikson. He even let me go sleep on the couch for a little while while he tried to get Nikson back to sleep. At the Dr on Wednesday we got good news that his levels were continuing to go down and we were past the scary part and he didn't need to be under the lights anymore.  Night # 2 was a whole lot better. We had to go back to the Dr on Thursday and everything was looking great, so we don't have to go back until his 2 week appointment. 

His poor sore heels, he hated getting them
poked. So did I.

He has still kinda been a stinker about going potty for us (again giving me a heart attack) but needless to say every diaper change in this house is celebrated!