Blue Light Special

I had my bags packed, I was dressed in normal clothes and I was totally ready to leave the hospital and take my new baby home this morning so we could start our big party of six thing. Then the pediatrician showed up... and thought that Kenai looked a little too yellow. So he had some blood drawn and sure enough, Kenai's billirubin level is borderline high. So we are staying in the hospital for 24 hours more so that Kenai can get what one nurse called "the blue light special." He is hanging out on a special blue light that will help his little body metabolize the billirubin easier. We are also on a stricter nursing schedule (every 2 hours without fail) and we're weighing diapers to make sure that he is expelling everything that needs to come out. He's being a trooper. I'm kind of bummed because I'm supposed to have him on the light as much as possible; which means that as soon as we're done nursing, I have to put him right back in his little stratjacket - so while I'm hanging out here in this too quiet hospital room, I can't even hold my baby! At the same time though, I'm thankful for an observant doctor who decided to take the safe route. He'll get his billirubin level checked first thing tomorrow morning and hopefully then, we'll really be on our way home!