The Incredible Shrinking, Glowing Baby!

Ok, so Henry's stats at birth since I never posted them were:

Born May 5th, 2011 at 3:35 pm. 7 pounds, 12 ounces. 22 inches.

Now, 8 days later, he has returned to his birth weight as of this morning (he was down to 7 pounds 5.5 ounces)--and surprisingly enough, he shrank. When we took him for one of his first check ups, he was 20 3/4 inches. We are attributing this to his enormous cone head at birth. His cone head was accompanied by a huge bruise on the top of his head--technically called a cephalohematoma.

As I think I mentioned in the last post, Henry is jaundiced. This bruise on his head definitely did not help things. He has been under the bili-blanket since last Saturday. His levels peaked at about 20.9, which the doctor said had I been a first time mom, she would have hospitalized. He now is at a 19.1. Coming down slowly, but they are now questioning if he has a combination of regular jaundice with breastmilk jaundice (which lasts a long time...). The doctor does not feel comfortable taking him off the bili-blanket until his level is back down to about 15. While he is not showing any signs that this is at all bothersome to him, I think continuing treatment has more to do with the doctors protecting themselves...So Jonah and I are trying to figure out the best method to resolve the issue ASAP so Henry can be "unleashed" and taken out into the world. To add to things, we have had an abnormally cloudy week up here, so he can't even sit in a sunny window!

Overall though, we are all doing great, and without a doubt, Henry will get his numbers down and be fine.

Enjoy the pics from this week, and I will keep you updated!!

(As you can see from the picture, when Henry met his cousin, Lukas (11 weeks old), he decided to just eat him instead of play!)