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In our book of children's stories, we are currently reading The Three Little Pigs just about every night. Unfortunately one of the first times we read it, that story kind of blew up on me. The story begins something like ... There were once three little pigs who lived in a house with their mother. A...

In subsequent readings of Little Red Riding Hood, Sydney has asked me several times why she was walking through the woods alone and why her mommy didn't come with her.

Just to close the loop...

The liver tests came back normal so we are done with the daily bilirubin tests.

Rowin is doing well and looking less yellow. He'll go back to the doctor this week for a Hepatitis vaccine and checkup.

Yesterday we headed back to the doctor. He asked us some questions, looked at Rowan, and seemed somewhat perplexed. Apparently he's treated 3 other infants for bilirubin, and all have responded very quickly. Rowan's levels however don't seem to want to fall. He's been gaining weight and growing thou...

We recently pulled a book of children's stories off the shelf and started reading it at bed time. Among the stories were Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs, both of which contain bad wolves. After reading Little Red Riding Hood the first time Thursday night, I made sure to explain that...

This morning we had to take Rowan back to the lab for yet another blood test to check his bilirubin level. Sydney really wanted to come for some reason so we all went. At the lab, there is a fish tank in the waiting room. Sydney has always been afraid of fish. For some reason, she thinks they will g...

In yesterday's test, the bilirubin was up slightly so we had to go back in this morning for yet another test. I just got a call from a doctor in the practice saying that the result was pretty high, and we need to put Rowan back on the biliblanket for 24hrs and then make an appointment with the docto...

Yesterday's test came back at 16.5 which is an improvement . We'll be heading back to the doctor at 10:30.

Rowan has developed some jaundice since birth so I figured I'd record it This is a fairly common issue with newborns caused by Bilirubin building up in the system. Typically, the levels peak about 4 days after birth. At the point when they released Rowan and Meghan from the hospital, it was under th...

Full Name: Rowan James Michael Mulhern

Rowan was born on 5/24/2012 at 10:48pm at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL.

At birth, he was 8lbs 8oz and 19.5" long.