Today we took the boys to the Paediatrician for Benji's eczema and Ethan's reflux. We were a little dissapointed with his answers.
About Ethan - he says that babies get reflux and pain and gas, and as long as he's eating, weeing and gaining weight (which he is) then there's nothing we should do, and Ethan will just grow out of it.
About Benji - Benji's eczema has been getting slowly worse over the past month. We thought it was a food intolerence to something Tracie was eating, or the formula. We took him off breast milk and put him soy formula in an attempt to determine if he's allergic to something. We have read that about 50%of babies who are allergic to dairy are also allergic to soy, so we knew there was a chance he'd be allergic to that too, but we had to try it, because a dairy free soy free formula is only available on prescription (unless you want to pay a fortune for it!). His eczema did not improve on soy, so we were hoping the doctor would give us the hypoallergenic formula, but instead he said that he doesn't think it's a food allergy at all, and it doesn't matter what we feed him. He told us to put hydrocortisone cream on it to treat the rash and feed him whatever we want. We're not happy with treating the symptoms, we want to treat the cause..... we're going to get a second opinion!
If anyone has any ideas or thoughts about this, please leave us a message.
Things are otherwise going well. Both boys are giving us great big smiles many times a day. They both have times throughout the day that they are very chatty. Ethan usually says 'oooooooo' and Benji latest word is 'ahhgooo'.
Benji's getting much better head control now. He's still not quite as good as Ethan, but he's improved a lot in the last 2 weeks.
We weighed (with clothes on) and measured the boys at the Paediatrician today. They were wearing winter clothes, so they probably weigh about 300-500g less.
Ethan: 6.6kg (14lb 9oz) & 59cm long - LITTLE FATTY!!!
Benji: 6.0kg (13lb 4oz) and 57cm long
They are both growing well.
More updates to follow..... good night!
1 comment:
Hi Sal & Tracie!
So sorry it's been a while since emailing you four. Ethan and Benji are so adorable!! I absolutely love that they look so different from each other and BOY, have they grown! I feel so bad for Benji's itchiness...i havent read all of your blog entries, but thought since it wasnt food allergies, wondering if you’ve considered the detergent you’re using to wash his clothes? Just a thought, as Deona is super sensitive with soaps and detergents. Keep us all posted with it, and i'll keep brainstorming. :)
Three months has flown by. Deona goes back to work Friday, 8/15 which is also my last day of work. We decided i should stay home. I'm excited that he doesnt have to go to daycare.
We're ready for the weather to cool down, it's been 105-107 degrees each day (whew!) I've been wondering why we subject ourselves to such weather. :)
You 4 take care and glad to hear all is well. Hugs!!! Monica, Deona & Everett
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