he is 8.11 and 21″

his bili count is back up to 15.9 BUT we saw our normal pediatrician (who is awesome, btw) and she is not concerned, and said that since all breastfed babies have “breastfeeding jaundice” there might even be something protective about it (just her opinion, NOT medical fact!)

we got a script for bactroban for his navel, it was irritated, and looks 100% better. it was an outtie, and kind of sucked itself in before it “healed” all the way.

the bris is next Tuesday. i so did not want him circumcised, but i more so did not want to start that war w/ my family again (i had it w/ dorian, and he still was cut, so i know it’s not worth it). we put it off b/c of the jaundice thing, but since he is better, we arranged for it.

we go back next thurs for her to check his bili levels again, she said if they aren’t down then they will draw blood from his arm and run some other tests to see if it is a problem w/ his liver, not just b/c he was newborn.

as i said, i have had no problems with dorian, hardly a cold, so this of course will be my problem child lol