Monday July 28th

Warning: I obviously did zero blogging last week, but it was an eventful week and I want to make sure I document it. So I’m going to be posting like 6 blogs, because I’m long-winded and didn’t want to make one enormous one. However, they’re also full of pictures of my darling little boy to whom I know you all are already addicted, so I know you’ll persevere through them all.

Monday July 28

We took Sam in for his first doctor’s appointment with Dr. Arora, whom we liked a lot. Sam did really well despite being really hungry – he didn’t even pee on the nurse when she took his diaper off to weigh him! How impressive. Our little guy has already lost 11 ounces, we couldn’t believe it! Dr. Arora said that everything looked really good except that Sam was looking pretty jaundiced. She sent us to the lab for a bilirubin test, which was so sad – they poke the baby’s heel and keep draining blood from the poke until they fill a small vial. Sam did NOT think that this was a fun experience, but he cried less than the 10-year-old kid next to him in the lab, hahaha. Dr. Arora said to make sure that Sam is eating as often and as much as he should be (he’s prone to conk out like a teenager and not want to wake up to eat), and to keep him in indirect sunlight as much as possible to help his body break down the cells it needs to.

Oh, ya…and Dr. Arora is totally beautiful! I think Sam may have a crush on her

Sam needed a lot of comforting in the waiting room, because it happened to be time to eat and I had nowhere to nurse him and not enough time, anyway. He is such a great baby, he faced the fact that food wasn’t coming for a while and cuddled with mom & dad instead.

When Paul, Sam & I got back from the doctor’s office Grandpa Gilbert & Tia Hilda (Paul’s grandpa & his sister) were waiting for us at the condo to meet Sam. They loved him! Grandpa was having a hard time deciding if Paul or Sam was a cuter baby, but we all know that it’s Sam. Tia Hilda gave us a really generous gift that definitely came in handy buying some necessary stuff later in the week; thank you, Tia!

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