Yesterday's appointment with the pediatrician went well. Olivia is up to 9 lbs, 4 ozs. Pretty good, I'd say! I also asked him about a few other things I have been wondering about:
-- baby acne: my beautiful daughter has gotten baby acne. I figured there was nothing I could do about it, but asked anyway. Apparently, it's pretty common and should be gone soon.
-- acid reflux: she has been spitting up alot, which she never did the first week and a half, but he was pleased with her weight gain and said that if she isn't fussy before spitting up (she isn't), it would stop on its own.
Well, Olivia is crying. Gotta run!
Posted by Hannah at May 2, 2006 03:36 PMGlad Olivia had a good doctor's visit.
Posted by: Ani at May 2, 2006 07:41 PMthat is awesome that the doc visit went to well!!!
Posted by: Shannon O. at May 2, 2006 07:54 PMGlad she's doing well. MrMan had some nasty baby acne, but I didn't realize how icky it looked until I examined the pictures a month later. It's amazing how it just suddenly disappears.
Posted by: shokufeh at May 2, 2006 11:38 PMLila may have acid reflux as well. We're going back this week to see if the doctor is satisfied with her weight gain. She doesn't spit up too often, but when she does it's pretty bad. These are the things I never thought of having to deal with when I was pregnant.
Posted by: Chas at May 3, 2006 05:11 AMTHe Bubby got reflux as a little 'un. Our paediatrician recommended Baby Gaviscon, it's a powder that you put in the bottle along with the formula. It worked perfectly - he was never one to spit up much, but he was always upset after a bottle, and this made him perfectly happy after a bottle it was a life saver! (He always burped easily so we knew it wasn't wind).
Posted by: Valkyrie at May 3, 2006 06:53 AMSorry to hear about the baby acne, but it *does* disappear [and relatively quickly]. Lucas had a *touch* of that, and it was gone *really* fast. Glad to hear that her pediatrician appointment went well!
Posted by: Lisanne at May 3, 2006 09:27 AMDid you know Ben printed out pics of you and Olivia and laminated them and put them up in the copier room on the board. Everyone here has seen Olivia now...
Sorry about her acne...I'm sure with your attention to detail then you will be on top of things! Not to mention you new Purified Air system.
Miss you*
Glad the appointment went well and hope her skin clears up soon. One of my children had that too, it does go away quite fast. Wow on 9lbs 4oz! She's growing so fast :)
Posted by: Emmakirst at May 3, 2006 06:42 PM