Thursday, May 11, 2006

Little Senor update...


Little Senor and Big Daddy's hand. Pay no mind to the little white velcro pads on the side of his head; they are to hold his "Joe Cool" sun glasses while he hangs out under the phototherapy lights getting un-yellowified.




The aforementioned "Joe Cool" glasses--I really need to bring those fashion statements home with us for the old scrapbook. He actually loves them--he claims they help him get a good night's sleep, the diva....


While I am really looking forward to writing the mother of all birth stories, I am dividing my time between sleeping through the "discomfort", pumping milk and driving back and forth to the NICU to visit the little senor (he was born on Cinco de Mayo, after all....)

So instead of the great American novel of childbirth (stay tuned--there is more fabulous irony from the woman of unflinching incompetence...), I will simply let you know that the baby is doing great! He is still in the NICU, but has moved from the "not so healthy" baby room to the "much healthier" baby room. He was eating and breathing on his own from the get-go, only needed help regulating his body temp for a day or two and has a touch of jaundice. His numbers are going down every day, though, so they are talking about sending him home sometime within the next few days. He just has to get through a day outside the isolette without the phototherapy lights and then pass the carseat test--piece of cake!! :-)

To tide you over, here are some pictures of the little guy--fear not the wires and all that hullabaloo; they aren't in him, just on him, monitoring his breathing and whatnot. Of course, I wanted the pictures down here instead of at the top, but I still don't know how to do that and have no time to learn now...back to sleep for me.


6 comments:

BabyonBored said...

Congratulations!!! I thought you were going to be in bed forever but this is great. You're mobile, your baby's healthy! YAY!!! Now can I take over your bed rest?

Amy said...

Sarah is just ADORABLE! Seriously! What a cute cute cute baby. Sleep now sister, because in a few days you will be like "sleep? brr mrrr mrrr mrrr? I make no sense."

Becci said...

wow, he's auch a cute little senor. I bet you can't wait to bring him home soon. Looking forward to the birth story!

abqchunk said...

Congrats on your precious baby boy!
I just started reading your blog, and I have been impatiently waiting on an update. I love his little senor nickname. I so want a baby born on Cinco de Mayo now! Best wishes and prayers that you both will be home and doing well.

KMW said...

Congradulations! He is so so cute! I love the sunglasses. He looks great! Good work!

Becci said...

Happy Mother's Day Sarah!!!!!!