Should I or shoudn't I?

After finding out yesterday what the doctor had prescibed for Christian to put on his ezcema, I am a little concerned. It is a steroid cream and after doing some research online, I found out that you are not supposed to use it on babies under 3 months old. Christian is not even 2 months old yet. And since it is a steroid, it can have many side effects. In addition, I'm leery about putting a steroid cream on my babies face.

Would you wait until 3 months to put this on? Would you use it at all?

It is not supposed to make the ezcema go away, but just temporarily clear it up and not make it look so bad.

Or we can try other things that don't involve medication, like changing detergents, keeping his face clear and dry, changing soaps, etc. I think we'll try this for a month and see if it gets any better.

Ezcema?

Christian broke out in a rash on his face two weeks ago and the same time I called to talk to the nurse about his reflux, I talked to her about a rash that had covered Christians face. She thought maybe it was baby acne and if it didn't go away in two weeks, I was supposed to call her back.

Yesterday, I called her back. During the last two weeks, his rash had spread to the back of his neck, his hair, his ears, around his eyes, and it was moving down to his chest.

I took him in today and he has ezcema! Other people thought it was a heat rash or an allergic reaction to something, but it's not.

It can be caused by an allergic reaction to something, but I think the key is to keep his skin moisturized and clean. I should start using free and clear laundry soap and very mild soap to bathe him in. The doctor also gave me a prescription for a lotion to put on his face.

Funny, this kid is already on two prescriptions. Courtney has only been on one during her entire life! I think Megan suffered from ezcema too. Again, taking after Megan!

By the way, I had Christian weighed at the doctor today and he is 13 pounds!

What a difference!

I just wanted to write that Christian has been a great baby lately!

I broke down and gave him Prevacid, he has had the symptoms of reflux lately and I called the nurse last week and talked to her. Our doctor recommended giving him Prevacid. I was hesitant at first because he was only 6 weeks old, but I also wanted a content baby again.

Earlier this week, I started giving it to him twice a day like I am supposed to. Wow, I have a great baby on my hands! He stays sleeping for 1-2 hours at a time, he's not cranky, he's happy when he is awake and I love it!

When he does get fussy, it means he is usually hungry or tired and I can fix that easily! Before, he would go from a little fussy to screaming and I was not able to calm him down.

Maybe I can go back on milk products...

To move or not to move?

Delimma for the moment:

I put Christian in his swing so he would be entertained while I put Megan to bed. Now he is sound asleep.

Do I move him to his bed or just let him sleep in his swing?

I'm afrad if I don't move him, I will wake up in the middle of the night and wonder where my baby is! But if I do move him, he might wake up and I won't get to bed for another hour or two!

Will be back sometime

I will get back to blogging soon.

We had a busy weekend camping and all went well.

Hopefully I can find some time to sit down and post about it.

Until then, kids, laundry, dishes, and the rest of the house is calling.

still haven't started...

yep, it's 8:30 at night and still haven't started packing. I got a lot of other things accomplished today.

I think I will have a late night ahead of me!

How long will it take me to pack?

We are going camping this weekend, but how long will it take me to pack for 5 family members?

Do you think if I start today I will be done by tomorrow?

One our sister-in-laws volunteered to come over and spend some time with the girls today so I could get started, but I really think I'm going to get out and do some errands. That oil light on the van won't go away. :)

I might also get some groceries and do some other things,but really, I do need to pack sometime....maybe I'm delaying this because I think it will be hard taking a 6 week old camping in 90 degree heat, I'm very thankful we have an air conditioned camper, I just don't want to sit in it all day and watch the other three go jet-skiing. I'll find something to do and maybe it just won't be as hot as they think...