Ian's first non-scheduled visit to the Dr. October 25th

Hi everyone,

We went to the Dr. on Thursday the 25th because Ian had a diaper rash, a goopy eye, and a bad looking umbilical cord hernia that seemed to get worse when he cried.

Dr. Kishan said everything was okay. She originally suggested that we don't use any chemicals or lotions on Ian's body so his body can produce it's own oils. (I agree with this theory because I saw this happen first hand with my lips after constantly using chapstick. Now I can't go a winter without using it or my lips practically fall off.) She suggested using butt paste and that pretty much cleared it up. We used a wet wash cloth for a while during diaper changes, but now we are using Pampers Sensitive Wipes. We tried Huggies Sensitive Wipes, but they still seemed to irritate his skin.

Ian's Goopy Booger Eye (left eye)

His goopy eye is a blocked tear duct. We have to massage his tear duct every time we feed...that has pretty much cleared it up, but we have to keep massaging his eye or it comes back. We were really lucky, because we were afraid he was allergic to the dogs.

His umbilical cord is herniated, but it should be okay. When he cries, it protrudes out and it looks painful. His cord finally fell off this past week (Nov) so it looks better now.