2 Weeks

Well, so far, Elyse seems to be following the same path as her big sister. She is still a bit jaundiced, but getting better. The skies were not too kind to us her first week of life, and there was not a lot of sun to help her get rid of the jaundice. She sleeps very well- in fact we are waking her up for feedings day and night. At her two week appointment, she was just over 8 lbs and 21.5 inches.


Everyone is doing well. Anja seems to like her little sister, although we are not sure she really understands the difference between Elyse and her baby dolls that she drags around the house by their hair. Needless to say, we don't let Anja get too close to Elyse yet. So far Pip is doing well too- but that is mostly because everyone is home with him right now.

We are still trying to figure out who she looks like- she definitely has a much darker skin tone and hair color than either of us (although maybe some of that is the jaundice). Every now and then we can see similarities between her and Anja. She definitely does not have "Hanle hands" which we all think is a blessing!