May 31, 2009

Hannah's first few days at home

Baby Hannah has been coping well since we got home, except for certain times when she has her screaming fits, which she was well-known for even when we were at the hospital! Other than that, she has had quite a good disposition, and we have found out that the time when she is most well-behaved is when she wants to "pang sai" :p.

Her jaundice level when she left the hospital on Thursday was at 160 and when we brought her back to check yesterday, it had gone up to 198. Tomorrow we have to bring her back because if the level exceeds 200, she has to be put under the light. Hopefully this is not the case.

She has refused to breastfeed ever since Day 1 so I have resorted to expressing the milk and feeding her through the bottle. However, she is a big eater and I don't have that much milk as yet, so we have given her formula to supplement the breast milk. I did initially want to breastfeed exclusively, but it seems like Hannah has won when it came to this. We couldn't stand to see her screaming, so Hannah 1, Mummy and Daddy 0.

Here are some photos of her at home:


Hannah's "pang sai" face :p



Hannah with her new friend - is it an elephant?



Hannah: I cannot see his face!



Hannah loves Daddy..what about Mummy??

3 comments:

  1. Caris had breastmilk jaundince for a month plus. It will subside :)

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  2. breast feeding would be good but it needs a lot of patience. U will have more milk if u continue feeding, don't stop.

    But however, when i was a baby i think i had jaundice and i remembered mum telling me tht's the reason i wasn't breast fed.

    once you start with the bottle, she will never get use to ur nipple.

    wish u all the best! she's beautiful! x

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  3. I love the Pang sai face!! YAY!! Gemini pangsai-er! Member!

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