What a terrible thing to do to a new mother! At our 2 day checkup on Monday the Doctor was a little worried about James's Juandice level. After a blood test showed higher levels then she liked we were ordered to eat more often and spend time in the sun. When we returned on Wednesday he was even higher and we were given a light blanket. This is when I had my first 'new mom breakdown'. Chris was at work, my mom was arriving that weekend, and our son had to be connected to a wall outlet with a light blanket wrapped around his torso 24/7. IT WAS TERRIBLE! Thankfully on my baby shows I had seen a few baby's use the blanket and it had helped them, I did NOT want a blood transfusion (especially since he's my bloodtype).
After about a week with the blanket he was given the O.K. That day we went for our first walk, woo hoo!
