Alex did very well last night…the first real time he has slept through the night. he went to bed at 11:30pm, fell asleep on his own right away and woke up to feed at 6:45. He woke up once at 4:30am but I gave him his pacifier and turned on the aqurium and he fell right back to sleep. Also at 6:45, I did the same thing and I only had to feed him at 7:15. It gave me time to shower.
We finally saw an allergist (Dr fussillo) who thought Alex had milk protien allergies, however, even after being on Neocate ( similar to Elecare) his rash did not go away. After about 10 days, his rash was so bad I had to go see a dermatologist( Dr Goldberg). He was having a hard time sleeping and was always trying to scratch his face or rubbing it against us. Dr. GOldberg thinks it is a little crazy to be treated for allergies at such a young age. Both fields differ in their opinion of what the ezcema is cause by. Anyway, he perscribed 2 different creams, one for face and one for his body. and within 2 days his excema was almost all gone! The key is giving them a bath every day and then sealing the moisture with the creams.
So with his face better…we still had another problem. He had not pooped on his own since he started the neocate. After 5 days we use a suppository to help him go. then after another 5 days went buy, Dr Stevens suggested we try giving him 1/2 ounce of prune juice mixed with 1 1/2 ounces of water. And with in a day or so he pooped! and then pooped again 3 days straight. We are still giving him prune juice once a day almost every day and he is much more regular.
He still sounds stuffy. No one is quite sure why. We did a test this past week and stopped using the creams for his ezcema and sure enough within 2 days the rash started to come back!! Dr Fussillo said that if it did come back he probably did not have an allergy to milk after all. Of course, now we still have 2 weeks supply of Neocate so we have to decide what to do with it. Is it harmful to keep giving it to him if he doesn’t really need it? Do we try a regular formula again?
Over all though his moods have improved and he is happy and content for much longer periods of time. Because he is doing so well, I worry about changing his formula once again.
His Schedule is similar to at 2 months. He wakes up at about 5 am he eats then goes right back to sleep until 9am, then he eats again around 9:30-10am, then again at 12:30-1pm, 3:30-4:30pm, 7:30-8pm, 11pm. Ofcourse, now that he woke up at 6:45 this morning his schedule was a little different. He ate at 7:15, 11am, 2pm, and we’ll see how the rest of the day goes!
He still has about 5 oz per feeding, sometimes 6oz 6 times a day! He is still a messy eater and always pours formula down his cheeks!
He doesn’t have much of a sleep pattern during the day yet. Basically, if we go out and he is in his carseat, he sleeps. So in the morning when we are on play dates and stuff he will sleep through the whole thing. He is very good about that. Chloe is very lucky. But when we are home, he doesn’t sleep nearly as long, maybe only 20 mins at a time. He basically cat naps! I am not sure how all that will play out. I hope I can eventually get him to take a decent nap once or twice a day.
He smiles alot now and has huge dimples. He also coos quite a bit and loves looking at his mobile. He is able to reach out and touch them now. OH and he has started to suck on his knuckles. it’s very funny. He is also a very big baby, every thinks he is way older than 2 1/2 months.
He still has brown hair and dark eyes, not sure what color they will turn. We have him in the 1-2 size diaper and he is wearing his 3-6 months clothing already…some are even a little on the small size! He also has bigger feet than Chloe ever did.
Well that is all the news for now. We love you baby Alex!
love Mom