Well Then…

That was a longer day than expected.

We got to the medical center at 8:11 this morning.  It took extra time signing in, because a new chart had to be created and all, but then they brought us in for the baby’s checkup almost immediately.

He was born 8 lbs 4 oz, left the hospital at, IIRC, 7 lbs 10 oz, and is up to 8 lbs 2 oz as of today.  He was also measured at 18 inches when born, but was a definitely accurate 20 1/4 inches today, so that confirms the birth height was inaccurate.  Either that or he grew a good two inches in a week…

People oohed and ahed over him, naturally, and he was his usual mellow self.

We did have a brief wait before going in to have Deb’s spectacular wound (Deb and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Bruise?) examined and staples removed.  That led to much chatting with one of the midwives.  The baby had fussed and been restless for me, though singing seems to sooth him most of the time.  The midwife held him and he settled down.  When we were done, I went to change him again and there was his cord stump, broken off, loose under his clothes.  It was a bit premature to do that, and the wound looked so bad we took him right back over to our doctor’s side.  The nurse had a look, told the doctor, and then had us wait in a room.  Being out of sequence and all, it was quite a while, but the doctor popped in, looked at it, cleaned, cauterized and bandaged it, and assured us we did exactly the right thing, popping in.  He should be healed in no time.  Valerie’s seemed to be slightly early, as I recall, but it had only a small raw spot to heal after she lost the cord.  Poor kid; that was apparently what he was fussing about, during the time it hurt most.

That made us far later than expected, so it was 11:11 when we left the doctor’s office.  He recommended we go get lunch, and we were starving and still had to hit the store, so we did just that.  By the time we were done at Wal-Mart, we got home just a little while ago.  My brother should be by with four of his kids any time now, on his way to drop them back with their mother.  That way they all get to see the baby and meet Deb’s mother.  Perhaps he’d like to have supper with us before he heads back to Ohio, after he returns the kids…

Speaking of Wal-Mart, their brand of diapers fit Sadie and doesn’t give her a rash.  So that requires they change them!  They seem to be replacing all the standard White Cloud diapers with fancy ones that are a modified version of the same thing, but fewer to a package for the same price, rash-inducing, and ill-fitting.  Go team!  Wal-Mart risks becoming the Republican party of retailers at the rate they’re going; forgetting who their constituents are and why those people once shopped so heavily Republican.  When your CEO loses his way, or never understood the business in the first place, you can go rapidly downhill.

1. We were forking over the dough for Pampers Swaddlers (we like the stretchy tabs), but on my last trip to BJ’s I did some intense study of all options and found that the BJ’s brand does a similar diaper to the Swaddler for much cheaper.

   The only difference is that they’re a wee bit less soft than the Pampers, but Jesse doesn’t seem to be bothered by the change. And he has only had a couple cases of mild diaper rash in his 7.5 months of life.

   Posted by jen  on  08/29  at  10:02 AM  from  Northern Virginia
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