Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Zachariah at 1 week old

1) Zach is still pretty much like a newborn fresh from the hospital. The only difference is that his jaundice has improved althoug he is still very tired and sleeps on avg for about 3-4hrs.

2) His umbilical cord dropped off at about day 5 of his birth while he was in hospital & while he was still in hospital, it had a bit of yellow puss in the belly button. So now that we're home and his daddy always wake him up for his sunbake in the mornings, we've noticed his navel has improved significantly. The puss has all dried up to look like a scab. Mr M & I need to continously ensure it is always dried up after his bath to ensure he has a nice and healty belly button.

3) His milk intake is still about 85ml

4) The colour of his poo was once black (straight after he was born), then it turned green during his stay at the hospital & now that he's home & drinking all breastmilk, his poo has turned yellow which means he is healthy & normal.