Sunday, December 13, 2009

Claire is One Week Old!

It is hard to believe that Claire is already one week old. It seems like we just went into the hospital to start this adventure. On Thursday night Claire was finally able to live outside of the bilibed and on Friday she was visited by the home nurse and had her bilirubin levels tested. We are happy to report that her levels are now in the non-treatment range so she does need to return to the box. She still has her orange/tan color, but that should continue to fade as she continues to grow. Here is my favorite picture from her time in the box:

(Cuddling with the bear rattle that the Muscle Team gave Claire on Friday)


One of the other challenges that Claire has because of her age is her weight. As you know babies lose weight after birth. When we brought Claire home she was down to 5 lbs 11 oz. At her weigh in on Wednesday she was at 5 lbs 8 oz and she weighed in the same this morning during her nurse's visit. Below is a picture of Claire in an outfit our friends the Stantons brought us- clothes have been a problem as Claire is to small for newborn clothes.

Today Claire was visited by Shannon, David and Grant. It was great to hang out with them and see what is coming up for us (Grant is 5 months old). Here is a picture of Grant and Claire together. The picture is a little misleading as it makes them appear to be close in size which is not the case.


Just a little video of Claire making her cute faces and having a case of the hiccups!

1 comment:

  1. Love and congratulations, Melissa and David! Warmest welcome to baby Claire Elsbeth -- a unique and beautiful expression of all the love, light and wisdom in the universe. Melisa, I hope you are healing up well. We're so glad that Claire is beyond the billibed and you all can let the love flow freely. Thanks for sharing all the updates and stories, and it's wonderful to see all the pictures and videos.
    Love,
    Amy and Matthew

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