Yes, it's been a week, and today the doctor said his jaundice is under control. He will be yellowish for another week or two - especially the head and eyes, but he is recovering. He is an excellent eater, and that helped - apparently, eating a lot and pooping a lot cleans the system. We now call him the poop machine because he poops between and during feedings, which is basically every hour!

For now he is a really mellow baby - sleeps, eats and poops. I forgot a lot from when Luka was born, from these first few weeks - he was colicky until he was about 5 months, but I could not remember when it started. According to his doctor, this sleep-only period ends at about 3 weeks old. Then we will now how fussy he really is, and whether he will be colicky or not. So, two more weeks.

Luka is taking this change extremely well. I do try not to have Sven in my arms all the time, but even when I do have him, usually when I am feeding him, Luka is not freaking out. I also try to spend as much time with Luka as possible (when he is not in pre-school), as much as I can now that I am still recovering from surgery. And my husband has been taking him out to a park, to the movies (by the way they loved Horton hears a Who!) - as soon as I can drive and move around more, it will be easier to do things together...

On another note...

This was in yesterday's New York TImes Design Spring 2008. Beautiful fabrics!

This is a Round Tote storage bag that I made custom for a little girl for her first Easter. It will ship out tomorrow. The etsy listing is here...

On another note, I mentioned earlier my Mom and I went fabric shopping last week and here are some of the fabrics we got. First some reds on white - these are canvas weight:

Next some deep reds - the first one is canvas weight, the second one is thick but silky:

And finally some green and orange fabrics - the middle one is thick and silky, the other two are canvas weight.

And now on to some final baby sewing - swaddling blankets. And a pajama for Luka. And I have had this bag in mind that I want to make before going to the hospital...

Just for a little change in pace... thinking postpartum... 

I have been browsing Burda magazines, getting inspired... thinking of what I wanted to make for myself when I get to be my old self, weight-wise. Last time it took 6 months to get back to pre-pregnancy weight (without any special workout, just a lot of walking around). This time I have the pregnancy weight and some pre-pregnancy weight I want to get rid of, get to my comfortable size. I am planning some workout in addition to walking. Today I am really serious about not just getting the weight off, but getting back into shape. Let's see how I feel in about 3 weeks...

The picture above is tunic from Burda - and it is a free download!