Home from hospital

Both Katie and Sophie were able to come home from the hospital today. Reed is very interested in his new sister. He likes to talk to her and wants to feed her with his little fake bottle.

First day home

Eager to get home

Katie is very eager to get out of the hospital and get home.  The nurses said it looks pretty good to leave tomorrow.  All that is needed is the signature of the doctors.

Sophie und Eltern

Sophie update

Not too much exciting today.  Just the normal routine for Sophie of weighing, feeding, and sleeping.  Dee and her daughter stopped by to visit.  It was nice to see them.  Unfortunately, Daddy was a slacker and forgot to get a picture.

Reed & Sophie

Day 3 update

Direct link to the hospital baby gallery.

http://www.frauenklinik.kssg.ch/baby-galerie.html


The blood test during the night showed that Sophie's Bilirubin count increased, so the nurses took her to the neonatal area for some time under the lights. This seemed to help, as she was back to the room by early afternoon.

Katie no longer gets her breakfast in the room. Instead, she must have her breakfast at the community table in the maternity floor. So, between trips up to the neonatal area, she was able to sit with a few other half-asleep moms and enjoy a buffet style breakfast with coffee, fresh bread, eggs, and some meats. Writing this makes me hungry.




and some pictures...

Sophie day3

Baby update

Day 2 was a busy but good one.  Mom is making great progress with her recovery.  Sophie is doing well also, but you can see in some of the later pictures that her skin is turning yellow.  Fortunately, it was noticed early and the nurses started work to keep it under control.  By the end of the day, her Bilirubin count had started to drop.  We hope this continues so that a trip to the tanning bed in neonatal isn't needed.

Reed and Sophie were able to meet for the first time.  They got along very well.  Reed even shared his prize Little Blanky without anyone even asking.  Maybe this is a good sign.

The pictures are a mix of day 1 and day 2.

Sophie day 1 & 2

Sophie Lynn

Its official. Sophie has arrived. While Katie is in the hospital, I have the blogging responsibility.

The nurse said she is 49cm and 3.33 kg. I'll leave the conversion to you all. Mom and Sophie are both doing well.

Here is the first wave of pictures. More will surely follow.

Sophie Lynn - Fist Pics

and her first video appearance...

Video at the Park

We'll see if I can figure out the whole video thing without Chris.....