Four Month Well Visit
Today our little man had his four month check up with Dr.Howard his pediatrician. It went well Owain now weighs 10 lbs. 12 oz. he still is small for his age but that is to be expected considering every thing he has been through. The important thing is he is still putting on weight. Were not to worried. Dr. Howard said "as long has he is putting on weight and not loosing it that is good and in time Owain will catch up" He is almost two feet. We have a long skinny baby. He is still wearing 0-3 months and everything he wears is really big around the waist and short in length.
A couple of weeks ago Owain has been getting really dry, irritated red patches in different places on his skin. At first I thought maybe it was a heat rash. It would appear,disappear and reappear. Then I thought maybe he just has sensitive skin or maybe it's eczema. So I changed all his laundry detergent, soaps, lotions ect. and seemed to really work. Today Dr. Howard confirmed that it looks like eczema. She gave us a hand out of different kinds of lotions and creams. So we will try that and hopefully we will nip the eczema in the bud.
Owain wasn't to thrilled to get shots again. Even though he was upset he took it like a true warrior. That's my boy!
We have to go in for a weight check next month then we will have his six month well appointment in July. Crazy to think in a couple months my baby boy is going to be six months. He is no longer our newborn he is now our baby and soon he will be our toddler! I need to start baby proofing the house!
A couple of weeks ago Owain has been getting really dry, irritated red patches in different places on his skin. At first I thought maybe it was a heat rash. It would appear,disappear and reappear. Then I thought maybe he just has sensitive skin or maybe it's eczema. So I changed all his laundry detergent, soaps, lotions ect. and seemed to really work. Today Dr. Howard confirmed that it looks like eczema. She gave us a hand out of different kinds of lotions and creams. So we will try that and hopefully we will nip the eczema in the bud.
Owain wasn't to thrilled to get shots again. Even though he was upset he took it like a true warrior. That's my boy!
We have to go in for a weight check next month then we will have his six month well appointment in July. Crazy to think in a couple months my baby boy is going to be six months. He is no longer our newborn he is now our baby and soon he will be our toddler! I need to start baby proofing the house!
Hey Amber,
It is so good to Owain doing so well. He is such a cutie and I see a lot of his dad in his features.
Owen had excema too. The doctor suggested no dryer sheets, fragrance-free detergent, cetaphil soap and eucerin lotion. All those things worked and he got over it. Now I use dryer sheets and he is still doing ok. I am also not as strict with the soap and it hasn't re-occured.
Hope you are enjoying time with your little man.
darcy