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On Thursday, we all came home from the hospital together.

Big brother is showing her the ropes.

Beth’s milk is starting to come in which means Louise is getting a decent amount of food when she eats. While this is great for her development and well being, nearly as importantly it may mean better sleep for us tonight than last night. She was waking up hourly and was pretty cranky. This makes a lot of sense if she wasn’t getting much food. With a full belly, she’s been sleeping for over an hour at a time this afternoon. We’ll see how tonight goes.

Another side benefit will be the disappearance of meconium from our lives forever. The picture in the link is truly worth 1000 words–and all 1000 of them are “nasty”.

Here’s a good clear shot of Louise on her second day. The trauma of squeezing through the birth canal has passed, and she’s beging to look more like a baby.

We are reminded of Malcolm when he was a baby. Any resemblance?

We made it through the first night at home. Louise got up every hour or so for food and/or a diaper change. I was about to say something like, “Man, this is tough,” when Beth looked over and said, “this is so much better than last night.” I slept at home last night with Malcolm while Beth was with Louise at the hospital. I guess the little girl didn’t sleep much at all.

Louise loves being swaddled tight! She calms right down when she’s fed and clean and rolled up like a burrito. We’re using a newborn swaddle wrap that is working really well.

Malcolm got Louise a little baby doll as a welcome gift. He gave it to her the day she was born. Louise was kind enough to bring Malcolm a present as well–the day we brought her home from the hospital, she gave it to Malcolm.