It’s Been One Week

It is hard to believe that it has been one week since Lina was born.  Life has been interrupted with such an adorable little girl.  She began to have problems with jaundice much like Apollos did, but the doctor is not worried.  Lina was tested on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and the doctor is confident that the bilirubin levels have plateaued and that the levels will begin to decrease.  That is probably related to her improvements in nursing.

Lina does appear to be getting better at nursing.  This has resulted in Sarah getting a bit more sleep st night.  She is certainly not getting enough, but that will hopefully improve soon.

Apollos is excited to have a little sister around.  He gets a little too excited, which results in his hugs and kisses being a bit rough, but overall he is gentle with her.  When she cries he tries to pat her and say "OK," as we do for him when he is upset.  He also tries to hold her tiny little hand at times.  He has not demonstrated many signs of being jealous, but every once in a while it shows.

Lina update

Lina is still doing very well. She seems to be really getting the hang of eating. Too bad Apollos did not catch on as well. Speaking of Apollos, he is really excited about the baby. He does not appear jealous yet, but he has yet to face the full impact of the situation given that he has been hanging out with his friends. When he was here in the hospital room, he was starting to misbehave because he was too excited. He really enjoys holding her and petting her head, although his idea of gentle if very rough.

The New Site

I have created a WordPress based site to house some articles, my employment credentials, and items relevant to my life.  This is the beginning process of re-creating the site using quick and free tools.  I will probably go back through my old articles and import the ones that I think are of some quality.  For now the old site can be viewed at http://revision29.com/archive