Ten Months Old!
Today Mia turned 10 months, yaaaaaay! This new month is welcomed because she basically spent the last month looking like this (and worse).
Looking like that when you're a tiny one means you get lots of visits to doctors and specialists. Didn't phase her though, she was still super cute. Here she is at her Week Three visit, looking better, but the picture doesn't really show how bad it still was.
Though the four different doctors in the six different visits could never quite nail down exactly what was causing Mia's breakouts, we are pretty sure this "extreme eczema" and "nappy psoriasis", as they're referring to it as of our last visit, will be a condition she'll deal with off and on throughout her childhood and perhaps into adulthood, unless the Lord choses to heal her. I wasn't a big fan of the four different creams they gave for her face and nether-regions. Each one was made up of lot's of little ingredients that I couldn't pronounce, and that didn't sit well with me. Plus they didn't really work. So I took myself to my hippy store (Henry's, not really that hippy really) and asked the very helpful gal in their "pharmacy" section what I was looking for; something good for babies with extreme eczema containing more natural ingredients. She got so excited and said she had just been to a seminar on this and handed me this lotion, Borage by ShiKai.
And within three days, maybe less, Mia was back to her beautiful, clear, smooth skin. No more red, no flakes, nothing. I just started using it on her head (where she has extreme cradle-cap) and I'm already seeing an improvement, just after two really good applications, which is hard to do with all that hair!
I'm really excited to go back to the dermatologist on Thursday and show them this product and let them know how beneficial it's been. I think they're be pretty impressed, or annoyed, either way I'm good.
All this to say... My baby is as healthy and happy and sweet and gorgeous and bubbly and fun and JOYful as ever! She really is nothing but a joy in our lives, such a perfect fit. I can't believe in two short months she'll be ONE! But I have thoroughly been enjoying this sweet baby stage, and just soaking it up as much as I can. Love you Mia Joy!
**My friend brought up a good point; Mia's flare-ups are heat related. So that little spell of 95 degree weather we had in October sent her eczema out of control. When I started using this lotion, the weather had dropped significantly and with that the chance of her flaring up was much smaller. That may play a big part in why her face is looking so much better - because the weather has been so cool. I suppose only time will tell. I still endorse the lotion though, and believe it has also played a big part in clearing up Mia's face.
**I talked about diet and allergies with Mia's doctor and again with the dermatologist, wondering if it could be food related. Both, and then a third doctor at the dermatologist's office, said for a few different reasons they didn't think the rash was food related. I have been keeping a close eye on what she's eating, however, to see if there is a reaction and so far there has been none. It will be easier to tell, now that her face is totally clear, if/when she has a food allergy. Their reasons for it not being food related make sense to me, but with rashes and babies it's so difficult to say anything with 100% certainty.
Looking like that when you're a tiny one means you get lots of visits to doctors and specialists. Didn't phase her though, she was still super cute. Here she is at her Week Three visit, looking better, but the picture doesn't really show how bad it still was.
Though the four different doctors in the six different visits could never quite nail down exactly what was causing Mia's breakouts, we are pretty sure this "extreme eczema" and "nappy psoriasis", as they're referring to it as of our last visit, will be a condition she'll deal with off and on throughout her childhood and perhaps into adulthood, unless the Lord choses to heal her. I wasn't a big fan of the four different creams they gave for her face and nether-regions. Each one was made up of lot's of little ingredients that I couldn't pronounce, and that didn't sit well with me. Plus they didn't really work. So I took myself to my hippy store (Henry's, not really that hippy really) and asked the very helpful gal in their "pharmacy" section what I was looking for; something good for babies with extreme eczema containing more natural ingredients. She got so excited and said she had just been to a seminar on this and handed me this lotion, Borage by ShiKai.
And within three days, maybe less, Mia was back to her beautiful, clear, smooth skin. No more red, no flakes, nothing. I just started using it on her head (where she has extreme cradle-cap) and I'm already seeing an improvement, just after two really good applications, which is hard to do with all that hair!
I'm really excited to go back to the dermatologist on Thursday and show them this product and let them know how beneficial it's been. I think they're be pretty impressed, or annoyed, either way I'm good.
All this to say... My baby is as healthy and happy and sweet and gorgeous and bubbly and fun and JOYful as ever! She really is nothing but a joy in our lives, such a perfect fit. I can't believe in two short months she'll be ONE! But I have thoroughly been enjoying this sweet baby stage, and just soaking it up as much as I can. Love you Mia Joy!
**My friend brought up a good point; Mia's flare-ups are heat related. So that little spell of 95 degree weather we had in October sent her eczema out of control. When I started using this lotion, the weather had dropped significantly and with that the chance of her flaring up was much smaller. That may play a big part in why her face is looking so much better - because the weather has been so cool. I suppose only time will tell. I still endorse the lotion though, and believe it has also played a big part in clearing up Mia's face.
**I talked about diet and allergies with Mia's doctor and again with the dermatologist, wondering if it could be food related. Both, and then a third doctor at the dermatologist's office, said for a few different reasons they didn't think the rash was food related. I have been keeping a close eye on what she's eating, however, to see if there is a reaction and so far there has been none. It will be easier to tell, now that her face is totally clear, if/when she has a food allergy. Their reasons for it not being food related make sense to me, but with rashes and babies it's so difficult to say anything with 100% certainty.
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