When we went in to get it checked again the next day though, it had gone up even higher and somebody stopped by our trailer to drop off some lights to put her under. (Pretty convenient.) It's this suitcase thing that you open up and plug in and try to keep your baby under the lights as much as you can.
There is a major design flaw in it though. There is this blue paper cloth thing that is supposed to hang down over her neck to protect her eyes from the light. Pepper hated it and kept clawing at it and grabbing at it and successfully ripped it off a few times. Another design flaw: the cloth was only held in place by velcro. Seriously? Don't they know how strong babies' grips are?
Anyway, we snapped these pictures after she had finally fallen asleep, but it was sooo hard to watch her scream and cry and thrash around for so long. I hated it.
Finally Josh figured out a better method. We completely took the blue cloth down and just covered her head with a burp cloth. Pepper likes being on her stomach so the above picture is how she spent the rest of her time under the lights. (Don't worry, we watched her closely the whole time to make sure she didn't suffocate.)Anyway, we just got her jaundice level checked again yesterday and it was a lot lower, so she doesn't need the lights anymore. Thank goodness! I also hated going in to the hospital and having her get her heel pricked each time, so I'm glad that's over with as well.
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