At least he doesn’t call her Coco

Why is she so pretty?? Why is she not all squishy like a newborn? You must share your L&D story so that we can know how you accomplished this.

How absolutely precious!

Awwwwwwwwww. She just ate, didn’t she? I remember that contended, wide awake time after their bellies are filled!

So key-ute. Congratulations.

Oh, and the name thing, look forward to that for the rest of your life!!! I have three and rarely EVER get it right the first, or even second, try. And yes, sometimes I call them by the dog’s name!

She’s beautiful.

She is PRECIOUS.

What a beauty, and such long fingers. When my dad called us, he’d go through all of my siblings names and the dogs’ names before he got to mine. I now find myself doing the same thing.

Marlo is very beautiful. A really adorable little baby glo-worm. Congratulations!

Ha! My dad STILL calls me Heidi sometimes (my ten years older than me half sister).

Yea, we’re not the only ones!

Classic name confusion! It only gets worse the older they are and more frustrated you get with them! =o) LETA, MARLO, WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS?!?!? Get in here, who did this! LOL

I am almost 30, been married for a few years and seriously considering having a baby soon…that video is a good example of why. Beautiful.

don’t worry about the jaundice, that’s common with kids who are sushi eating meth addicts… it should wear off after a bit

just make sure she gets plenty of starches to aid her little system in soaking up the whiskey transferred through your boobs

; P

Don’t worry, Jon. My dad still does that to me and my sister and we’re 27 and 25;)
Sorry you can’t snuggle, Heather. But Marlo looks happy, so there’s something to hold you over:)

You guys did so good! She is breathtaking.

Marlo is beautiful! Congrats! I am amazed at how alert she is at four days old.

Oh goodness! If I didn’t already have baby fever! Beautiful!

And I love the glow worm light. My daughter was jaundiced when she was born and I was hoping she would get a little glow worm blanket to take home like I had seen on the baby story shows. Unfortunately, we live in Southern California, and thus there is plenty of sunlight year round so I guess they don’t use them here.

OMG I am currently 41 weeks preggo and seeing this makes me want my baby EVEN MORE. Congrats mama!! She’s BEAUTIFUL.

Beautiful. Just a gorgeous lil glow worm!

My baby brother (he’s 23, but still my baby bro, damnit!) is named Noah. I’m Noelle. Parents always, always, always said… “Nooooooooooaaaaa…” Not helpful. Both of our ears would tick in the direction of the voice to hear WHICH of us they were calling.

Oh, I love those little baby movements and the tiny little sounds and the moments of quiet when you can just hold them and take in the wonder of it all. Congratulations again! And mixing up the names will happen A LOT! And yes, he will call her Coco yet.

CONGRATS!! She’s fabulous.

BTW, both my kids had jaundice (I was totally wigged out with the first one, and so laid back about it with the second), so if Marlo (love the name!) is going to be on lights much longer, if I may suggest, you might want to look into the service where a nurse comes to your house and does the blood draw daily, instead of having to pack it up and go to the doc/hospital to have it done every day.

Watching this, all of my internal walls are momentarily shattered. I’m not particularly religious, but gazing at this video is like stepping into one of those magnificent ancient European churches whose every pore breathes reverence. (Despite, you know, the actual human history of such churches.)

Marlo’s two tiny fingers tapped to her chin while her other hand rests in Jon’s gives me pause, makes me feel good about the world again. Makes me think, if there’s a purpose at all for being here and being good, a new born baby is it.

Beyond the impossibly perfect hands, her dewy enlightened eyes breathe in the sights and sounds: her self new outside the womb, you, the air, the blurriness beyond. Smells must be profound too. And the quiet. And Coco’s bark. Heh.

More like this, please. There can’t be enough more.

Don’t sweat the mix-up. I have ONE kid and ONE dog and I mix up the names all the time. My excuse is that I’m really-really old, like, 45. And both of them like to cuddle.

She’s beautiful, it made me cry. But I’m hormonal and due to deliver my first baby (a girl!) in three weeks.

Oh the joys of parenthood! I’m surprised my brain hasn’t slid out of my ears by now! Marlo is just lovely and this video is hilarious and sweet!

She is so alert and beautiful. I love her long fingers, congratulations. Somehow the 2nd is less stressful I think. You will know that “this too shall pass” in a way you didn’t with the first. At least it worked that way for me. And I didn’t have post partum depression with my 2nd, which was another way it was easier. I wish you all the best.

Paige

Get used to being called Leta, Marlo! I’ve spent my entire life being called every name in the book…just comes with the territory of being the youngest!

Also? Uh, cute. Very.