Tuesday, January 20, 2009

My poor little boy

I started Enoch on solids a couple weeks ago. He is growing soo fast! He's eating like a big boy now. He loves his vegetables, which is great! I still haven't given him any fruit, just because I want him to get used to his vegetables first. So I feed him his oatmeal in the morning, followed by his bottle. During the day, I just give him a bottle. Then at around dinner time, I feed him his vegetables and again finish with a bottle. The doctor told me just to start feeding him solids twice a day and then gradually move onto three times a day. He's doing so great with it though! Although, I have to say he Loves his bottle. If i don't give him a bottle right after I feed him his solids, he will kick and scream like crazy.
Enoch has also developed a red rash on his cheeks. It was okay at first. At church a couple weeks ago I asked my bishop if that's normal(My bishop is my pediatrician). He said that was totally normal because he just started solids and by wiping his face soo much and plus all the drooling, it's normal. A few days went by, and it started to get worse. It spread more on his face and then his cheeks started to get bright red and his cheeks started to scab. Also it began spreading to his neck and then his chest. And yesterday at the store, we noticed it going to his eye lids. There are times when it's worse and there are times when it looks okay. Anyway I called the doctor and he told me to bring him in. It turned out that he has an infection. That is why it was scabbing up.
I guess it's called "Cephalosorin". Technical name.
Well I'll start giving him the antiboitics and putting on the creams tonight. Hopefully it will clear up.
My poor little boy though.
Here are some pictures of his face. You probably can't see it so well in the pictures.





My neighbor let Enoch borrow this little toy table. I'm not sure what you would call it. Her son was just born and won't be using it for another 3 months. He loves it though. He loves playing with all the toys on there. Plus he likes the fact that he can stand up. His jumper wasn't working for him.

5 comments:

Candi said...

aww poor baby. I'm sorry to hear about Enoch's rash. Mason got a little rash on his cheeks when he started eating solids too but it never got infected. i hope it goes away soon for ya.

He still looks like a happy camer though.

Lauren said...

Poor baby Reyna! I hope he gets feeling better that's not fun!

Candi said...

It looks like she took a plain white plastic wipe case and decorated it with fabric and stuff. So yep. It just looks a little more fashionable don't ya think?

gkkirkland said...

hey girly...how is he feeling? sorry i didnt text back the other day. i had a lot going on. after kays surgery she started to run a fever, and so they all thought her ear was infected where the surgery was. she has had a steady fever since we woke up sunday morning. her doc said it was from the surgery and then i was told its not. so wednesday night the fever got pretty high and took her to the ER and that doc said she had fifth disease. but the next day she followed up with her doc and he said no its not cause she would have a rash all over her body. so her doc sent us back to the ER and they ran more test couldnt find anything so the ER doc blamed it on an ear infection. so its been back and forth with all her docs, i think we seen like 4 total. im so annoyed i just want answers, so i dont have to miss anymore work. i swear im gonna be fired. Ahhhhhh...how is everything out there.i miss you like crazy

Lauren said...

Yep, we are. Norah and I fly out there on the 9th.