More of newborn Chelsea

Here's another picture of my little, tiny girl. She was only 5 lb. 7 oz. and 17 1/2'" long---making her my smallest (although all of her siblings were less than 7 lbs.) We knew Chelsea was only a "half a peanut" size before she was born so I did buy a preemie pack of onesies, pants and snugglie gowns, which has been her main wardrobe since birth.

All of my kids (except Alyssa) have needed to have 48 hr. bilirubin checks after we left the hospital, but only Chelsea needed to be re-checked daily after that and receive treatment for jaundice, even though her skin never seemed that yellow to us. So last weekend (Friday evening through Sunday afternoon) she was on this "bili-bed." It was nice to be able to do the phototherapy in our own home. I am so glad all went well and having to go to the hospital lab each day to have her heal pricked is over. She is just in a diaper under the blue covering. It was hard not to hold her, except for feedings and diaper changes. At one point I found all of the kids sitting around the bili-bed, staring at her. We nickname that phenomenon "Chelsea-vision" or "Chelsea TV". They love to just sit and watch her!

I can easily do the same thing since she is so darn cute!