- Weight - 15 pounds 10 ounces (20%) Same % as 4 months
- Height - 25.5 inches (20%) Up from 10% at 4 months
- Head - 17.25 inches (50%) Up from 40% at 4 months...he has LOTS of Brains!
Over all he looks great! They did have to mess with his boy parts because his circ. is re-fusing. It looked a little gross, but Grey did just fine. Now we have to make sure we push things back as he grows.
I also talked to the pediatrician about food allergies. Since I have them in spades I wanted to make sure we were taking the right steps to keep Greyson safe. It always makes me roll my eyes when a doctor asks what I'm allergic to then tells me to not feed him those things. Well duh! I can't TOUCH peanut butter that would make it a little hard for me to feed it to my son. We now have the amount of Benadryl to give Greyson should he have a problem. It's scary because everyone says that hives or redness is the first sign but that never happens to me so I don't know how Grey will react to anything. Just another reason to take solids very slowly.
I also got the new dosage of Tylenol for Greyson. Turns out we were only giving him a 1/2 dose - no wonder it didn't help for long. I'm just ready for this blasted tooth to come in and stop bothering my sweet baby!
I've also been concerned because Greyson has some dry patches where his skin is extra thick and dry. I mentioned this and the doctor said it could be a precursor to allergies of some sort. No real surprise - look at his genetics. We are just supposed to put lotion on the spots (California Baby Super Sensitive Everyday Lotion - it is fantastic and made without nut oils, gluten, soy, oat or dairy so it is allergy friendly!) and if it turns red we should give them a call.
So all in all it wasn't a bad trip. He did get two shots and an oral vaccine, but he took them in stride. Now my big man is asleep in my lap from his big day.
I've also been concerned because Greyson has some dry patches where his skin is extra thick and dry. I mentioned this and the doctor said it could be a precursor to allergies of some sort. No real surprise - look at his genetics. We are just supposed to put lotion on the spots (California Baby Super Sensitive Everyday Lotion - it is fantastic and made without nut oils, gluten, soy, oat or dairy so it is allergy friendly!) and if it turns red we should give them a call.
So all in all it wasn't a bad trip. He did get two shots and an oral vaccine, but he took them in stride. Now my big man is asleep in my lap from his big day.
2 comments:
Have you asked your pediatrician about possibly doing allergy testing before 1 year of age? Andy is highly allergic to peanuts, and only has about 5 minutes to get an epipen shot before his throat closes completely... and I am terrified of Viv having the same allergy. Her ped has agree'd to do allergy testing for her at 6 months just to be safe before we start to introduce food to her.
He mentioned that a skin prick test would be only way to tell and that he would wait until a year to do it. I'll be keeping Greyson FAR away from Peanuts, Soy, Peas and Beans. So far he has only tasted Prunes, Apples, Avocado and Carrots. I'm going to let him taste Bananas and Sweet Potatoes but that will be it for awhile. Allergies are such a pain - I REALLY hope both our babies won't have them.
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