Posted November 17 2007 -
Yet again, when I should be sleeping I am doing something else - on my computer. I'm not sure how long she is going to be sleeping anyway. I've already left this sitting here for 30 mintues because she woke up and wanted to eat.
So baby Cox started out her first week getting jaundiced. Because of this we had to have the bilirubin test. This is where they prick the baby's heel and then milk the blood drop by drop into a little tube. Two tubes if they can help it. Your baby either ignores this or cries. I decided after the first test to nickname it the Mommy Torture Test. She cried and cried and increased the level of crying until I thought she was going to bust a vocal cord. Don't worry - in the process of monitoring the jaundice we did this test THREE MORE TIMES. The second time Mommy was going to leave while Daddy stayed but couldn't leave because Miriam was upset before they even started. The last time Daddy couldn't even be there. Talk about stress. Miriam cried all the way TO the lab and then we had to do the MTT(Mommy Torture Test for those of you whose short term memory is lacking). After a good stretch of feeding/sleep feeding/sleep I feel better.
Still haven't gotten quite used to this whole mom thing yet. One day I'll be able to carry a baby and feed myself. I might actually take a shower in the morning and get back into habits like . .. uh . . . brushing my teeth (I'm bearing a little more than I wanted to here). And maybe I'll do a little better handling the multitude of immunizations and other Mommy Torture Tests in store for us.
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