Delenn's first few days on the outside

Delenn gets her first bath on Thursday (given by Mom), the day after she
was born. She also got her Hepatitis B shot and we found out she has
an A- blood type, which is the same as her Mom. Funny since Logan got
Daddy's O+ blood type. Delenn started sleeping, eating, and pooping
quite well. Knock on wood, but she certainly does seem to be an angel
baby, much easier than Logan was.

On the Thursday Logan went to Squiggles, the indoor playground, with
Grams. When they came by for a visit at the hospital, Logan tried to
give a grape to his new baby Sister Delenn. It was funny also when
changing Delenn's diaper as Daddy cleaned off some of the meconeum from
her rear end, but before he could put a new diaper on, more meconeum
kept cascading out. Luckily Dad used wipes to catch and dispose of it
all as it appeared. After about 5 minutes of seemingly endless
excretions, we had a very happy and cozy babe ready to feed off Momma
once again.
Back at home afterwards, Logan and Dad played a tunnel game. Dad had
plumber's crack and Logan noticed it. He pulled a bit on Dad's pants to
expose more of the crack, then he said "Daddy's Bottom" and began
laughing hard. At bedtime for stories Logan got an erection from his
penis after "Bambi" was pushed into it. This fascinated Logan as he was
very aware of it and began laughing as well about it and played a bit
with this interesting new scientific discovery, a new development of his
body. Dad quickly distracted him long enough to get him refocused on
the book, however.

We all went home on friday from the hospital, but first earlier in the
morning she had to get her heal-prick tests for PKU, cystic fibrosis,
hypothyroidism, and lactose intolerance. Her new weight was lower from
3.16 kg, losing 210 grams which is well within normal, but with Liesl's
milk coming in that is sure to pick up again (in fact it did on Friday
morning when the Mid-wife came to the house for a normal checkup).
Delenn got her second bath, this time Daddy getting the honor of doing
it. The pediatrician came and checked her out in no time and gave her a
clean bill of health to go home. This compared to 6-8 doctors circling
around Logan on a daily basis when he was born, largely due to worries
about hip dysplasia.
At home we settled back in and so did Delenn, a great baby with little
to no issues so far... just crying when wanting to be fed or having
dirty diaper.
Grams made a fantastic dinner meal to welcome Delenn home with lasagna,
broccoli, salad, garlic bread, and hot dogs and jello fruit salad for
the boys because Melissa, Jesse, Bradon, and Seth came over to celebrate
too. The boys played a lot with the presents Grams and others gave
Logan, which included a 'Little People' construction factory set, and a
bouncy tilt-n-jump play 'thing'.
After dessert of brownies and ice cream, we sang Happy Birthday to
Delenn and then everyone turned in for an early night, as everyone was
exhausted.

Saturday was a laid back time, but Logan was a bit uptight and has
changed a bit of how he acts lately ever since his new Baby Sister has
entered the scene. He is throwing things and flailing his arms around
with potentially damaging objects in his grasp, causing a bit of worry.
His need for Grams or Mom or Dad to stay in his bedroom when being put
to sleep at night or during naptime has caused him to go into dramatic
fits of uncontrollable sobbing and wails. For now we are relenting and
giving in a bit, if only because his need for more attention is
self-evident and Logan is fighting for last vestiges of it. This won't
last long though, especially when Grams leaves, and sometime in the near
future Mom and Dad will need to stop this from occurring and we'll go
back to the days where we can leave the bedroom without rivers of tears
flowing.

Sunday morning at about 5 AM Delenn woke up bright and bushy-tailed.
Mom thought this would be a good opportunity to take her out on a little
walk around the block. Swooping Delenn into the sling they were off.
By the time Mom got to the mailboxes, about 50 feet away, Delenn curled
up her fingers into a ball together and subsequently put herself right
fast back asleep. Mom contemplated going back to get more sleep herself
but went for a little stroll anyway.
Delenn sure is a good sleeper, albeit she likes to sleep on her side and
she tends to squirm quite a bit. Her thumb has also become her newfound
best friend (after Ma of course). Logan sure never found his thumb.

Also on Sunday Grams, Dad, and Logan went out to the Town pool for Water
Safety Fun Day. There Logan got to have fun with 'Water Safety mascot'
Boof the Barra (a Barramundi is a yummy Australian Fish, but we didn't
tell Logan we eat him). Logan shook Boof's fin, but was too afraid to
shake one of the hands of Yamba, the Honey Ant (a favorite kid's
character here in central Australia). Our main purpose in going was to
see one of Logan's favorite objects in the world, a fire truck. The
firemen flashed the truck's lights and blared its siren while spraying
the kids with water from the waterhose. Logan loved having Dad carry
him and run back and forth across the lawn past the fire truck while
getting drenched. Logan's good pal Nicholas was there as well and
enjoyed playing and eating lunch together with Logan at the baby wading
pool. Dad also took Logan on a large aquatic blow-up obstacle course
that spans a good length of the large pool. They had to go through
holes, climb hills, slide down slides, up a rope ladder, and get wet
from a hose along the way. Logan was excited for about half of it, but
was a bit nervous and wanted down and out whenever he got splashed from
the hose. Dad managed to coax him along to the end, though.
At dinner time, Dad mentioned that Logan had been a little evil lately
to Mom and Grams. Logan shortly thereafter blurted out that "I am not
evil!" He continued to say this and with every successive repetition,
Logan's voice got deeper and more satanic sounding all the while. On a
bright and cheery note, Logan was being extremely nice and cute and
cuddly with his new little baby Sister. He got down on the baby activity
center mat with her, laying beside her, and gave her little touches here
and there. This made Mom and Dad very happy and proud, and it was quite
touching to watch.
There were still several instances of Logan being put in the 'naughty
spot' during the day and night for not listening, but Logan has had to
go through some sudden changes to his lifestyle and routine, so all in
all, he seems to be coming along okay and it's not altogether unexpected.

To summarize so far, Delenn sure is alert and aware of things around
her. She seems to follow faces quite well and Dad loves her little
gurgling noises. Delenn is a wiggly little thing that likes to sleep on
her side, suck on her fingers, and generally keeps herself entertained.
She only cries when wanting a feed or a diaper change. Feeding schedule
wise she seems to go in good spurts giving Mom time at night to get some
good periods of sleep (last few nights she fed at 11:00 PM or 11:30 PM
and then again at between 4:00 AM and 5:00 AM) We don't remember
Logan being this easy! What a great babe we have and we feel so
fortunate and lucky to have her!