Suzy and Joel and Owen and Evie

So far Evelyn is a mellow baby which is very nice since, as a two-year-old, Owen can be a real handful. She’s spending more and more time awake, though much of her alert time is still around midnight when the rest of us are ready for bed. She has been sleeping from 12:30 to 6:30 the past few nights which is great. Though I could still use a few more hours of sleep, not having to get up for a 3 AM feeding is sweet.

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Owen usually is too busy doing his thing, but he does like to pitch in and help with diapering—he’s probably interested in seeing what happens from another vantage point—and occasionally he’ll ask to hold Evelyn. Here he is introducing her to Maisy, his favorite TV addiction.

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Not counting our trip to the modern furniture store in Armonk on the way home form the hospital to check out a rocking chair, this was our first big outing. We took advantage of Joel’s paternity leave and went down to Manhattan to buy some candy. Since cigars are no longer a thing for new fathers to pass out, Joel decided to get some candy from Jacques Torres. His shop, Chocolate Haven, is the only chocolate factory in Manhattan and you can watch them make the candy at the shop.We decided that two strollers would be easier to manuever than the double stroller. Here we are with our free, on-street parking. (I’m all about trying to find free parking.) We got the candy and took a quick spin through Soho and then went home. I wasn’t supposed to be doing too much walking, what with my abdominal surgery and all.

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Some folks have asked how Owen likes his new baby sister. So far, so good. He’s curious about her, and peeks into her crib when she wakes up (maybe he’s just checking if she’s still hanging around).Owen helped Evelyn into her car seat, and once she was home even wanted to hold her once. As long as she’s not looking to play with his toys, I think they’ll get along just fine.As a side note, you may notice that Evelyn looks a little orange in the bottom photo. She’s NOT an Oompa-Loompa! Evelyn’s a little jaundiced and the pediatrician is keeping an eye on it. Some degree of jaundice occurs in half of full-term babies, and eighty percent of pre-term babies, so it’s not unusual. It’s usually caused when the baby’s liver falls a little behind because the baby had been relying on the mom’s liver when in the womb. Once the liver kicks in, jaundice goes away. Treatment is fairly simple – sometimes a jaundiced baby is placed under UV lights to help break up the bilirubin that causes the color. Basically, jaundice is an easily treated condition and is not threatening unless untreated.download a printable picturedownload a printable picturedownload a printable picture

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