Monday was the first doctors appointment. That was for the boy. His eye was still gooey and he spitting up a lot, so we had a doctors appointment. On the scale he went. OMG he has gained almost 4 pounds. He weights 11 pounds 6 ounces. He is a growing boy that's for sure. The rest of the doctors appointment went just as well. The eye is not an infection. He has a blocked tear duct and it should clear itself up in a month or so. The reflux is just that. The doctor said if he wasn't gaining weight or he was throwing up the whole bottle then he would treat it, since he wasn't doing either than treatment isn't necessary. He also said that treatment isn't usually effective in babies, so just another reason not to do anything. He did say that if it was something I was eating it would be milk. He told me that if I wanted to find out I could stop eating or drinking dairy for 2 weeks. If it was milk I would know by then. I have started my dairy free diet and we will see how it goes. I hope it is not a dairy problem as I love dairy, but if it helps the boy than it will be worth it. All in all a good doctors appointment. I kind of feel like one of those hypercondriact mothers. I mean I had a feeling that the eye was a blocked duct and I had a feeling they would say that the spitting up was normal. I probably should have not taken him. Lets go with I wanted to know how much he weighted and I didn't want to wait another two weeks.
The second doctors appointment was for the Kenz and it wasn't as happy. Mike brought her home from daycare and she sounded awful. She was coughing and very hoarse. She sounded like she was having trouble breathing. Off we went to work to get her checked out. Well she of course rallied when we got there and was climbing on chairs and talking a bunch. She wasn't coughing. I am sure everyone thought I was crazy when I said that she was sick. When the doctor came in she pointed to the otoscope and said ears. I promise that she has not been to the doctor that much. Than the doctor washed her hands and we talked, so that finally Kenzie could get her wish and she could have her ears looked at. First she tried to look in her mouth and she didn't understand, so the doctor looked in mine first. Then she caught on, but now Mommy had to have everything checked along with Kenzie. After the doctor looked in her ears she promptly announced Mommy ears. When the doctor tried to get away with only looking in one of Mommy's ears, Kenzie corrected her and said, "Mommy's other ear." Yes I have a very smart, but sweet little girl. Well after everyone was check out nothing significant was found. The doctor thinks the cough is causing the hoarseness. We were given instructions to go home and use a humidifier. That is just what we did. Hopefully she will get better quickly. I am glad it is not RSV again.
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