Glow, Baby, Glow

Glow, Baby, Glow, originally uploaded by laughograms.

We had Jack into the doctor's today to check his jaundice levels and they were definitely up on this reading, so the doctor sent a pediatric company over to the house with this groovy lightshow. Basically, this takes the place of a hospital stay with the sleep goggles and mommy and daddy freaking out while baby is stuck under lamps away from home. These two little pads, one on the front and one on the back are covered with soft translucent fabric and filled with bright fiberoptic cables. They slide under Jack's onesie, right against his skin. If anything, he absorbs more of the jaundice-destroying light than in one of those little baby rotisseries, and he gets to stay right here at home.

That said, he does look like some kind of nuclear-powered superbaby.

The best news of the day is that Jack's eating/evacuating schedule finally seems to have stabilized, which will help even more with the jaundice than the light. The more he feeds and goes to the bathroom, the more he is cleaning out his system. This is why jaundice comes often in breastfed babies -- for the key first few days they are consuming so little because there is little to consume, or that they even really need, but ironically, that helps jaundice set in, which decreases appetite, makes baby more sleepy etc.

So there is lots of improvement on all fronts, and Jack's complexion is actually pinkening up just a little after a few hours of lights. Tomorrow, another test at the doctor's.

Today, daddy had to shoot some footage at school for a few hours for a project, and now Dad is home again and doesn't have classes he has to attend until Wednesday afternoon. Genevieve is being an excellent Mommy to Jack and he loves snuggling up to her so much.

Mommy and Daddy had an oh-so-exciting diaper changing session when Dad got home, which again featured festive aerial displays of liquid which would put the water gardens at Versailles to shame.

Now, Daddy, Mommy sleepy.