Light Therapy

Madison is now over a week old... and I really can't believe how time goes by so quickly when the day revolves around sleeping and feeding. Last wednesday, we came home from the hospital as a happy little family. Josh was very careful on the road with our new, precious cargo. That first night I was pretty exhausted and woke up to my alarm clock a couple of times to feed Maddie. She wouldn't sleep in her crib so I handed her off to Mom, our night nurse. I don't know how I would have survived the first couple of nights without her! Maddie still had some trouble feeding so Josh was up when I was up trying to comfort her and help her feed. At that point, she was still getting SO upset when I tried to feed her.

The next day Josh and Mom took Maddie back to the hospital to get tested for Billi rubin. Her count was 13, so the doctor wanted her to go on a light therapy treatment. Someone from Intermountain Homecare came that night to show us how to hook her up. Poor girl. I thought she would hate it, but it seemed like she loved it because she hardly made a peep. It coule have been though because having jaundice was like the equivalent of big people having lead poisoning so she probably didn't feel really well.

 Maddie on the light therapy 

Maddie and Mommy. I loved sleeping next to her when she was on the lights.

Daddy and Maddie on the lights

We went to the Health Clinic on Friday, Saturday, and Monday to get her tested to see whether or not we could take her off the lights. On Friday her count was 12.9. On Saturday her count was back to 13. But on Monday her count was down to 10!!! Woohoo! we got to take her off the lights!!! On Sunday she was really not having it with that machine. She started breaking through the cloth that was keeping her in. She even turned on her side and tried wiggling herself up and out of it. We spent this whole week cuddling. My favorite is when she sleeps on my chest. So cute!