Traveling Along...

It's been awhile since we've posted any real news (and we're sorry!), but we've been busy.

Since last week's pediatric appointment, I've felt like a huge weight was lifted off me - and like I could finally relax a little bit more into this Mommy role. Thank goodness that our baby is actually gaining weight adequately!

Dr. Tang called on Friday morning to say that Casey's bilirubin level was at 9, so yes, she still had jaundice (most probably the "breastmilk jaundice" that I mentioned earlier), but that the level wasn't terrible. I guess that the liver enzymes hadn't been tested after all, so Dr. Tang asked us to call her today, one week following the appointment, to let her know if Casey still had yellow skin or eyes. We are happy to announce that as of this Monday and Tuesday, she doesn't! She finally had gotten rid of the reddish/yellowish/orangish baby "glow" and had come into her own peachy hue. It's too cute, and again, we're thrilled to see her advancing along.

We traveled to RI this past weekend (Casey's first trip!), and our friends and family members came out to meet the newest Boudreau. We had a great time (and were pleased that Casey slept for both of the to-and-fro car rides, as well as accepting her first two pumped bottles from Daddy excellently!), and here are some pictures.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Great American Photo Contest...

Great American Photo Contest - vote here!!

I'm not sure if anything will actually come of this (hopefully not just a million solicitation emails!), but Casey's adorable picture is online in the Great American Photo Contest, sent to us by her Grandma Sue.

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Great American Photo Contest - vote here!!

Triumphant!...

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We went back to the pediatrician's office again today, and Casey gained 7 ounces in the past 7 days... bumping her up to 7lbs, 7oz!!!

VICTORY! Goal! Score! Touchdown! Eureka!

Can you tell that I'm wicked excited?? It's just that I've let my worries compound significantly over the past week, and by the time we drove to Red Lion Pediatrics today, I was a mess. When Tee Jay first began to lay Casey on the digital scale, I saw the readout as "7, 4.5" and I said out loud, "WHAT?!?!?! She's only 7lbs, 4.5oz and we haven't even taken off her diaper yet???" But within seconds, Tee Jay had the diaper removed and fully taken his hold out from under the baby - and when I read the actual weight as "7, 7.0," I was so thrilled I almost cried.

GREAT JOB, BABY GIRL!!!

Dr. Tang has said that she is officially "liberating" us and allowing Casey to sleep when she needs to (we have SUCH a hard time waking her in the middle of the night) and eat when she wants... whether that's 20 minutes or 4 hours after her last feeding.

In other news, Casey is still a little yellow, so we had to head downstairs to the lab for yet another heel prick (she's had way too many of those already). We should know both her bilirubin level AND liver function results tomorrow. The bloodwork will most probably tell us that she has some lingering "breastmilk jaundice," which is nothing to worry about. It just means that we need more time for my breastmilk and her nursing to even themselves out and negate the jaundice.

The ever-so-slight (and improbable) possibility that her jaundice is related to some sort of liver dysfunction is one we won't worry about at this point. It's much more unlikely, and we're just thrilled to know that our baby finally seems to be thriving!

Miss Serious...

Are They For Real???...

I'm slightly anal-retentive (thanks, Dad!!), and every so often, I come across things that amaze me and leave me in disbelief...

like when something is misspelled in a magazine or newspaper, for instance.

But I am more so overly shocked when a product has a misspelling. It makes me think, "The factory, the company who developed this, the marketing team, the distributors, the stores, etc. ... no one caught this??"

For instance, in baby items, I've come across two things thus far that drive me crazy.

First is Casey's co-sleeper. It says on all four sides (which I get to read several times each night):

"Must lock ALL Top Bars before locking lower bars. To UNLOCK top bars, lower bars must be unlocked first."

Now, maybe this is extremely anal-retentive, but I can't stand that "Top Bars" is capitalized in the first sentence but not in the second. And "lower bars" is never capitalized. So why does that first sentence have "Top Bars" as if they are a proper noun??? And in the first sentence, "ALL" is in caps - in the second, "UNLOCK" is. But it's not like the word "lock" is in caps in the first sentence, so why is "UNLOCK" in the second?? Should the warning instead read something like, "Must lock ALL top bars before locking lower bars. To unlock top bars, lower bars must be unlocked FIRST." Who knows??













And then, this one really gets my goat - on our walker (the same one that my parents had in their home years ago, so I know it's not a new product where no one yet had a chance to catch this typo), the box actually says, in huge letters on all six sides:

"In compiance with the CPSC mandated ASTM standard for walkers."

Really?? "In compiance with..."??? Not, "compliance"????

It just drives me crazy!

(And if I ever misspell anything in my posts, I apologize in advance!)

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