Sam is going through another growth spurt I think, he's getting to the point where he wants to eat more than 5 oz in one sitting! There are times when I feed him and he finishes the bottle and looks at me like, "Where's the rest?" So I've put away all the 4 oz bottles and I bought some bigger bottles, if he does well on 6 oz then I will put the rest of the 5 oz bottles away. He's also started using medium flow nipples, this kid! I just bought some slow flow nipples and literally overnight he started wanting the faster flow, lol.
Things are not all peachy though, his eczema seems to be getting worse, and I'm starting to think that's part of why he wakes up at night, cause he's trying to scratch, it would explain why he's always moving around the crib... I bought some hydrocortozone cream like the Dr said and some Aveeno oatmeal bath and I'm going to try it out for a few days, if it still doesn't seem to help, then I'm going to call the Dr and see if we can get him something stronger.
Other than that, things are going good, everyone who watches him tells me that he's always really good for them. Which I like to hear, I already feel bad since I'm depending on so many people to watch him while I'm at work at least it's good to know that he's not a total terror when he's with them. I really wish I could drop some time off my shifts at work, but my job pretty much won't do it without either a medical reason or maybe if I was going to school. So right now I'm going to try to get a really early shift to reduce the time everyone else has him. I'm looking at a 4:50 am to 1:20 pm Tues-Sat shift. AJ would drop him off in the mornings around 7:30 and then I would pick him up at 1:45, I don't know whether that will become a reality and I won't know until next week, but that would be nice.
He is adorable! My first daughter had eczema really bad as well. I tried using the 1/2% hydrocortisone like the doctor said and it did nothing. I got a rx for 2.5% stuff that we used until the "bad" patches were under control. For Megan I found that anything Aveeno seemed to make things worse and I had to really shop around for products that were good to her. So now I bath her in water with epson salt in it (per our pedi), use California Baby's super sensitive bath wash and then after each bath we coat her in Gentle Naturals Eczema lotion (it's soooo thick). She hasn't had an issue with her eczema in a long time with this set up. Just wanted to share what has helped us in case it could help Sam too!
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