The thing that I think that has been the hardest for me as a parent, is dealing with trial and error when it comes to issues of Mina's health or comfort
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Mina had a pretty horrible rash early on (small area but bad - bleeding). We went through a whole host of diapers back then and she seemed to do best with the Target Up and Ups. Once we got a handle on that one, she's been pretty rash free. If she eats something that makes her break out (acidic stuff, mostly, if she has a lot) it will start to flare up, and after a night or day of cornstarch + ointment, she'll be OK.
This one is just crazy. All over the front of her, nothing on the back. Totally related to her frequent messy diapers. Came on all of a sudden, and we haven't been able to get a handle on it (since Saturday now).
Our problem is that 2 things happened that were new: we started slowly introducing a tiny bit of milk into her formula bottles Thursday (but no reaction until Saturday). Our Walmart knock-off of Similac Organic ran out and we bought some Similac to replace it (learning from the label, that apparently it as been 'improved' and reformulated recently).
So our bets are on the milk or the formula, or both. We stopped the milk 2 days ago but she's still having frequent messes and the rash. Brian ran out to Walmart this morning before work (there are none near us, and with Xmas crazy we've stayed away) and bought some more of that. After she heals in a couple of weeks, we'll slowly try the milk again. She's done will with this milk-based formula, does well with yogurt, cheese and I had plenty of dairy when she was breastfeeding. But Brian's lactose intolerant and has bad reactions (like she's having) to full-fat dairy. So who knows.
She's a bit stuffy too, fighting a cold. And teething. So it could also be unrelated to food.
Who the hell knows? :) I just can't wait until she is comfortable again!
This one is just crazy. All over the front of her, nothing on the back. Totally related to her frequent messy diapers. Came on all of a sudden, and we haven't been able to get a handle on it (since Saturday now).
Our problem is that 2 things happened that were new: we started slowly introducing a tiny bit of milk into her formula bottles Thursday (but no reaction until Saturday). Our Walmart knock-off of Similac Organic ran out and we bought some Similac to replace it (learning from the label, that apparently it as been 'improved' and reformulated recently).
So our bets are on the milk or the formula, or both. We stopped the milk 2 days ago but she's still having frequent messes and the rash. Brian ran out to Walmart this morning before work (there are none near us, and with Xmas crazy we've stayed away) and bought some more of that. After she heals in a couple of weeks, we'll slowly try the milk again. She's done will with this milk-based formula, does well with yogurt, cheese and I had plenty of dairy when she was breastfeeding. But Brian's lactose intolerant and has bad reactions (like she's having) to full-fat dairy. So who knows.
She's a bit stuffy too, fighting a cold. And teething. So it could also be unrelated to food.
Who the hell knows? :) I just can't wait until she is comfortable again!
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