Development Outside of the Womb

Looking back, 13 years later, once you get past the trauma and the shock of everything, one amazing thing to watch was her physical development. When she was born both of her eyes were still fused shut. One opened 2 weeks after she was born and the other opened about 2 weeks after that. Her ears were perfectly round and about the size of a dime but there was no flap of skin there or lobes. She had no eyelashes, eyebrows or finger/toe nails. Over the next several weeks/months we watched these things slowly develop.

Size Comparison

I love these 2 pictures of Bryttaney because they really show the size comparison. The snowman is about 4 inches tall. The lamb is one of those wrist rattles that you velcro on a babies wrist so they can entertain themselves. That little lambs head is almost 1/2 the size of Bryttaney and could have been velcroed around her waist.

She is almost 2 weeks old here. She is laying under the purple bili lights, which helps her body break down the biliruben so she doesn't become jaundice because her liver couldn't do it for her.