If you look closely you can see the redness on his arms... and legs, cheeks, ankles, belly.... When Dr. Callahan walked in the room the first thing she said was, "He's a poster child for eczema!" We're so proud. Sigh. His irritated skin is why I'm eating dairy free (a true testament to my love if you know how much I adore ice cream) and that has helped lots, but not all the way. Rather than go gluten and soy free and starve to death, this visit our doctor gave us some prescription strength hydrocortisone cream. She also recommended a mixture of shea butter and eucerin as his twice daily lotion. We had a funny/awkward moment when she asked if we knew where to get shea butter. I paused because I wasn't sure if she meant, "Do you know that this is something from Africa and that black people use it as moisturizer so you should look in the 'specialty' section where products for black people are usually relegated?" Or if she simply was asking if we knew where to find it.... Anyway, the mixture of lotions and creams is doing the trick and for what seems like the first time in months Eamon's looking clear-skinned and scratching himself less! Yippee! Like most semi-hippy moms I've got some reservations about smearing my baby with steroids, but its effective, my baby's more comfortable, and our doctor was all about stopping using the cream as soon as his skin cleared.
In the last weeks we've discovered some new activities that Eamon likes.
1) swinging
2) putting everything in his mouth/dancing. Can you guess our current favorite?
3) eating sweet potatoes. Grilled sweet potatoes, no less. We're trying to develop a sophisticated palate early on.... And for this one I've got another poem for you:
sampling solids
smacking on sweet potatoes
mom's tasting freedom
2 comments:
Love the poetry! And the recovery from eczema, of course. Yay for all of you!
Nice to hear all the "stats" & recommendations so he can stop itching :} He looks so happy! Awesome mom & dad get credit for that!
New diapers?!
Post a Comment