One week old

We are having a lot of fun with our little Guard.  He is such a good baby (so far).  He just sleeps, eats and poops.  Often, I have to wake him up to feed him.  I love looking at him when he is sleeping, but I love seeing his eyes too.
His jaundice is clearing up well.  He has so much more color to him than our other babies that it is hard for me to see the jaundice.  I could see that his skin was a little orange, but I could really see it in his eyes.  Even that is clearing up, but slowly.
He is eating well.  He's actually a bit of a little piggy.  He eats about 3 - 3.5 ounces every 2 hours.  I think it must all be going to his cheeks!  I'm already down to pumping three times a day (pumping every two hours was not working - too much pain).  If he keeps up his eating we are going to have to supplement, but for now he is getting all breast milk.  And, Dad takes the nighttime feedings.  So far, it is working well.
It has been so fun to have a newborn in our home again - the little noises, the baby smell, the kids all wanting to say good-bye and good-night to Guard.  We all love to kiss his chubby cheeks.  It has been such a sweet time for our family.

 

And, yes, those are socks on his hands.  He has these fingernails that won't stop growing.  Greg is in charge of cutting the baby's fingernails at our house and he can't keep up with them - they grow so quickly.  A cute story about those socks:

My sister, Valerie, came over to see the baby (and pick up Kate to play at her house, and drop off dinner and clean my house!  She has been amazing!).  She was holding Guard and her little guy, McKay, was not happy about his mom paying attention to someone else.  He sat down on the couch next to Valerie and started looking at Guard.  He noticed he had socks on his hands.  He reached over and pulled the socks off his hands, yelled, "NO!" and threw the socks on he floor.  Valerie and I started laughing.   Occasionally Valerie puts socks on McKay's hands at night so he won't mess with his oxygen tubes and she says he hates them on his hands.  I thought it was great - one cousin watching out for another.