Hey guys! I'm back to work now (I got two weeks off), after my daughter was born. She was born on the 6th at 6lbs 3oz. She's super cute!
The hospital stay was longer than normal, at 4 days. Normally they're 24 hours after baby is born, but she had some wobbly blood sugar levels and high risk jaundice levels, so we had to stay longer to make sure her blood sugar stabilized and her jaundice levels started to drop. She had to stay under a light for a couple days, though thankfully in our room.
She has a small heart defect, a VSD or Ventricle Septal Defect, which is a 3-4mm hole in the wall between her right and left ventricles and the cardiologist is monitoring her with a series of ultrasounds to keep tabs on it and see if it heals on its own or if they need to do surgery later. Prayers would be appreciated.
So far life with a newborn is fun, exciting, new and very tiring. The little to no sleep thing is not fictional. I was optimistically hoping it was like a big fish story, you know, everyone has to have the worst whatever experiences. It's not.
I'll try to upload a picture of her if I can figure that out.
Happy Baby B-Day!!!
Congrats on the little girl!!!
Prayers and good thoughts headed your way!!!
Cheers!
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Thank you David!
Hows the wife, and my kid?
Praying for your precious little girl!
I pray for healing of her little heart!
what is her name?
You can sleep later when you're older! :laugh:
Congrats on not being able to sleep soundly for the next 18+ years of your life. But it's for the best reason.
Pray request was just sent for your daughter and family.
Quote from: DigiCorn on October 21, 2019, 02:22:56 PM
Hows the wife, and my kid?
She's doing pretty good. Very tired. The kiddo is doing pretty well too. Her jaundice is clearing up so she's getting more energy and less sleepy all the time.
Quote from: Tracy on October 21, 2019, 02:38:25 PM
Praying for your precious little girl!
I pray for healing of her little heart!
what is her name?
You can sleep later when you're older! :laugh:
Thank you Tracy! Her name is Clementine!
Yeah I've heard I won't be sleeping until she's 18. Probably true too, I'm hoping I get to scare the boys away with my guns. Didn't work for my father in law. We talked about them after I asked permission to marry my wife.
Quote from: scottrsimons on October 21, 2019, 02:41:20 PM
Congrats on not being able to sleep soundly for the next 18+ years of your life. But it's for the best reason.
Pray request was just sent for your daughter and family.
Thank you Scott! Yeah she's worth it for sure! Thank you for the prayer request!
Prayers from here too. Those little defects do sometimes close up. Maybe she just wasn't fully cooked yet. The jaundice combined with the heart sorta bear that out.
Good thing they caught the heart right to start with so they can keep an eye out.
Oh, forget about the age 18 stuff. I hear they come back at age 19 with a squaller of their own, and it starts all over again.
Quote from: Possum on October 21, 2019, 02:51:18 PM
Prayers from here too. Those little defects do sometimes close up. Maybe she just wasn't fully cooked yet. The jaundice combined with the heart sorta bear that out.
Good thing they caught the heart right to start with so they can keep an eye out.
Oh, forget about the age 18 stuff. I hear they come back at age 19 with a squaller of their own, and it starts all over again.
Thanks Possum! Oh boy, that age 19 stuff sounds fun...
Yeah it's pretty good they caught the heart issue early. They actually caught it while my wife was pregnant. Clementine has always been measuring small so they had us on monthly ultrasounds to chart her growth. She went from the 1.5 percentile at week 20 to the 19th percentile at 37 weeks. She had a single artery umbilical cord which contributed to the small size I think.
Congrats and prayers are on the way. 18 years are only the beginning of the rest of your life. Kids are cool! And they're pretty cool as adults too.
Quote from: Joe on October 21, 2019, 03:58:41 PM
Congrats and prayers are on the way. 18 years are only the beginning of the rest of your life. Kids are cool! And they're pretty cool as adults too.
Thanks! We're very excited!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
An unforgettable time. Wish you all well... and hope that septum self-heals!
Nice, congrats to you both! If you need a sitter, I'd save Digicorn as the last possible resort. :rotf:
Clementine! cute!
As one who just put his eldest into college, enjoy every moment... 18 years goes by on a heart beat. Congratulations...
Quote from: frailer on October 21, 2019, 06:11:13 PM
An unforgettable time. Wish you all well... and hope that septum self-heals!
Thanks Frailer! We are definitely hoping it heals on its own too!
Quote from: Slappy on October 21, 2019, 08:46:57 PM
Nice, congrats to you both! If you need a sitter, I'd save Digicorn as the last possible resort. :rotf:
Thanks Slappy! That's probably some good advice! :rotf:
Quote from: Tracy on October 22, 2019, 10:04:13 AM
Clementine! cute!
Thanks Tracy! We liked the old timey-ness of it.
Quote from: Just_A_Mac_Guy on October 22, 2019, 10:06:48 AM
As one who just put his eldest into college, enjoy every moment... 18 years goes by on a heart beat. Congratulations...
Thank you Just_A_Mac_Guy! I bet sending them off to college wasn't easy.
Congratulations. In a few years you will have to shine up the shotgun or get the knife collection out when boyfriends come to visit!
Oh my darlin'
Oh my darlin'
Oh my darlin' Clementine...
the rest of it's too sad.
Quote from: andyfest on October 22, 2019, 11:06:29 AM
Congratulations. In a few years you will have to shine up the shotgun or get the knife collection out when boyfriends come to visit!
Thanks Andy! Yep, I'm going to have to show them my cool collection of sniper rifles, if they mess with Clementine, they'll never know when it'll happen. 8)
Quote from: Possum on October 22, 2019, 11:49:13 AM
Oh my darlin'
Oh my darlin'
Oh my darlin' Clementine...
the rest of it's too sad.
I can never remember the rest of that one. Not sure I want to look it up now.
Naww, not with a baby. Too depressing.
I found how to attach photos from my phone!
Looks like a keeper. :D Keep her as far away from prepress as possible.
All right, I'll say it. Awwwwwww.
Also keep her away from Tracy, she'll want her.
:laugh:
Aw! Her purty!
Quote from: Joe on October 22, 2019, 06:17:05 PM
Looks like a keeper. :D Keep her as far away from prepress as possible.
Thanks! Haha, I'll try to keep her from prepress.
Quote from: Possum on October 23, 2019, 07:51:16 AM
All right, I'll say it. Awwwwwww.
Also keep her away from Tracy, she'll want her.
Hahaha! Thanks!
Quote from: Tracy on October 23, 2019, 08:58:33 AM
:laugh:
Aw! Her purty!
Thank you!
She is going to have beautiful hair
fyi: baby eyes are fully grown when they are born, they might grow a tiny bit, that's why baby's eyes are so big!
SUPER cute Aaron, I mean it. Newborns are usually funny lookin
awwww isnt she such a darling!
great name too, my son loves playing 'Clementine' on the guitar.
and yeap the completely sleepless nights/days will slowly pass, expect it to be at least a year though... unless you do the crazy thing and have another one!
Gosh mine are 9 and 10 now, but it still makes me grin to look at baby photos of them and others.... congrats and try to enjoy the non talking, walking and answering back stage!
Quote from: Tracy on October 23, 2019, 01:02:27 PM
She is going to have beautiful hair
fyi: baby eyes are fully grown when they are born, they might grow a tiny bit, that's why baby's eyes are so big!
Thank you! Yeah its amazing her hair is all there. I've heard they may lose it and it'll grow back pretty quick.
Quote from: born2print on October 23, 2019, 01:04:53 PM
SUPER cute Aaron, I mean it. Newborns are usually funny lookin
Thank you! Yeah I've seen some pretty silly pictures.
Quote from: DPSprint on October 23, 2019, 01:50:49 PM
awwww isnt she such a darling!
great name too, my son loves playing 'Clementine' on the guitar.
and yeap the completely sleepless nights/days will slowly pass, expect it to be at least a year though... unless you do the crazy thing and have another one!
Gosh mine are 9 and 10 now, but it still makes me grin to look at baby photos of them and others.... congrats and try to enjoy the non talking, walking and answering back stage!
Thank you!
The baby hair often does fall out. Don't be surprised if it comes back a different color. I went from a redhead to a brunette.
Crazy!
My hair changed as I grew up. I was originally platinum blonde and have gone darker as I got to about 18-20. Now I'm starting to get grays.
I had flaming red hair when born, but was toehead blonde by preschool. As an adult my hair was kind of brown, and now I'm pretty much blonde and grey. I call myself the calico yeti.
when my daughter was born, she was literally covered head to toe with brown hair, I called her my little monkey baby.
After a few months, it all fell out and she turned out blonde.
I was born with a full head of hair. By my thirties most of it was gone.
Quote from: DigiCorn on October 25, 2019, 09:54:38 AM
I had flaming red hair when born, but was toehead blonde by preschool. As an adult my hair was kind of brown, and now I'm pretty much blonde and grey. I call myself the calico yeti.
Crazy!
Quote from: david on October 25, 2019, 10:04:08 AM
when my daughter was born, she was literally covered head to toe with brown hair, I called her my little monkey baby.
After a few months, it all fell out and she turned out blonde.
That's pretty cool. Maybe she is a super saiyan!
Quote from: DCurry on October 25, 2019, 10:19:27 AM
I was born with a full head of hair. By my thirties most of it was gone.
That's nuts! I get used to people's avatars and just picture them that way. Farabomb's frequently changing avatar always got me confused.
Quote from: AaronH on October 25, 2019, 12:04:58 PM
Quote from: DCurry on October 25, 2019, 10:19:27 AM
I was born with a full head of hair. By my thirties most of it was gone.
That's nuts! I get used to people's avatars and just picture them that way. Farabomb's frequently changing avatar always got me confused.
Just to be clear...I don't wear a tiger suit most days. :rotf:
I am not Ed Grimley, I must say.
I really am a martini...
just like my avatar...
:lmao:
With a twist.
Quote from: david on October 25, 2019, 12:35:36 PM
I really am a martini...
just like my avatar...
:lmao:
I remember when you were a pirate!
ran outa rum...
started squeezing potatoes
:banana:
I dunno...
(https://i.imgur.com/xNImTTj.jpg)
I really am a descendent of Samurai!
For reals!
Quote from: Tracy on October 25, 2019, 01:29:57 PM
I really am a descendent of Samurai!
For reals!
I can't remember if I've asked you, but what is your avatar from? The only samurai anime I've seen was Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X.
Not sure where I got it, I found it researching Samurai :laugh: