Yesterday morning, Daniel woke up with his cheeks looking like this. What the…????
When Cody got him up, his first thought was that maybe he had slept on his pacifier and there was some indentations left from it (a stretch – but we were looking for some reasoning), but after 45 minutes when the redness and lines didn’t go away, we ruled that out. Seemed to be more like some sort of rash. However, it was nowhere else on his body. Cody bathed him that morning and didn’t notice it anywhere else. Hmmm.
He didn’t seem to have a temperature and was acting like he felt fine, but we still thought this looked strange. Called the doctor’s office and the nurse said her hunch is that it will probably go away on its own soon, but if not and if it worsens of he starts acting like he doesn’t feel well, then we should bring him in. By the time I picked him up from Kathy's, though, it was as if nothing was ever wrong. And this morning not a trace either. So weird. We're thinking maybe he was reacting to the detergents Cody and I’s shirts were washed in…he spent quite a bit of Sunday evening laying on our chests. I've also been hearing that when babies drool a lot and lay in their drool it can cause rashes. Who knows.
Last week the concern was how many days it had been since his last poop. That’s all Cody, Kathy, and I talked/text about. On days 3 and 4 of no poop, I'd text her during the day and check in to see if he'd had a dirty diaper yet, she'd reply no, I'd relay to Cody. Repeat a few hours later. Then when he finally did, it was in the evening after I'd picked him up, and I sent a victory text to Cody and Kathy who were equally excited.
Just so you don't worry again...Haydin would go seven days between poops and Reese goes seven to ten and numerous docs says perfectly normal for breast fed babies and as long as they aren't uncomfortable not to worry!
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