New baby first doc visit 100% successful

Jackson had his new baby first visit to the doctors today. Sadly he was late for his first visit. I’d like to say it was his fault — some sort of diaper breach or mass hysteria or hiding under the couch so we couldn’t find him or something — but no, it was the total fault of Mike and me. We set the alarm for 7:00; the alarm went off at 7:00; the turn off the alarm button was pushed at 7:01; and then we slept until 8:00. Our bad! Fortunately it was a crowded day at the office with the Monday holiday so we called and said we’d be late and it was not a problem.

The doc was very nice – she went through our family histories, asked about input/output and gave him the thumbs up on the jaundice. We weighed him again – he started off life at 7 lbs 7 oz, dropped down to 7 lbs .08 oz when we left on Sunday, and today he was at 7 lbs 6 oz. However, since it’s a different scale than the hospital, we’re going back on Friday to re-weigh him and make sure he’s still on an upswing. Given how much he likes to eat and has been eating lately, we’re pretty sure that won’t be a problem.

On that note, we were told that we should in fact continue to wake him up and feed him at least every 3 hours for the time being. Jaundice makes babies super sleepy, and since getting fluids through his system is how you flush out the problematic toxins, we need to make sure he’s doing the maximum input/output cycle until he shows that jaundice who’s boss. Also, Mike just loves it when he gets those output surprises when he changes the diapers, and who in their right mind wouldn’t want to maximize the fun there too?!?! WoooHooo! Surprise streaming liquid explosions of delight, how you never cease to amaze and entertain us!

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