Today was Sophie's 4 month check up with her pediatrician and also to talk about the mucus in her stools. Her labs came back completely normal so for now since there is no other signs of any problems her pediatrician is going to just watch it. Sophie now weighs 14 lbs. and is 24 and 3/4 inches in length. She was given her next round of immunizations (DTaP, IPV, HepB, HiB, Prevnar and Rotavirus). On the advice of our babysitter, Laura, we decided this time to give her some Tylenol before her appointment. This truly seemed to help although she was still a bit fussy not nearly as bad as before. (Thanks Laura for the suggestion!)
Sophie was blessed (or cursed depending on how you look at it) with my eczema. We talked a bit about this with her pediatrician who said that we can use 1% hydrocortizone on the bad spots and aquaphor (which is the same stuff I had to use during my pregnancy it is practically like vaseline) after baths. The pediatrician indicated that if this doesn't help then she can call in a prescription ointment. We've also been using Aveeno cremes which seemed to be helping for a while we might just have to use it a bit more frequently then before.
Sophie can also start on solid foods. She said to start with rice cereal and after that we can go to oatmeal and switch between the two to avoid any constipation on just the rice. Then we can start adding in yellow veggies, then green veggies and then go to fruits.
All and all it was a good appointment. We don't have to go back now till Sophie is 6 months old which we have the appointment set for the end of August.
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