The other problem with being Roly Poly...

We've been to the pedi twice in two weeks and we'll be making it a third next week for Teddy's four month appointment.  Because the kid likes to enjoy a meal or two he has developed a few rolls on his arms and legs.  About two weeks ago, he developed what we thought was a bit of heat rash in those folds.  Out came the baby powder and cornstarch with the goal of keeping things nice and dry.  Except it didn't go away, no matter how much powder or cornstarch was poured in there.  Last week, I got an afternoon call from daycare that not only was his poor legs getting redder, they were oozing too.  Not good, not good at all.  I scored a late afternoon pedi appointment and raced out the door to pick him up.  The NP that saw him debated on whether it was eczema or a yeast infection and untimately decided on the latter.  Off to the pharmacy with a script for Nystatin with promises that things should start clearing up in a couple of days.

Sufficive to say, they did not.  We had a small window of hope this past weekend when he spent a good deal of time napping all sprawled out on me.  We were thrilled when he started rolling over cause this meant that at least one of his legs would be stretched out.  All this allowed the cracks and crevices to dry out but the minute he curled himself up, things started all over again.  The Nystatin really seemed to be doing nothing but keeping everythng nice and moist.  This morning, the teachers at daycare declared that we were going to nip this today, they'd keep packing the cornstarch in and keep him nice and dry.

Within two hours of arriving at work I got the phone call.  The back of his legs just seemed to be getting redder and redder and the little man was inconsolable when they tried to clean up the area to put on more powder.  And they were oozing again too.  And in addition to the back of the knees and the armpits, a new spot had developed behind his ears which was definetly not there last night when I cleaned his ears. 

The pedi could see us at 10...off I went.  Another copay and literally a two minute visit with the doc (thank goodness a different one) to confirm that yes, this was eczema and not yeast.  In fact the reason for the wetness and oozing was because the skin had gotten too dry and irritated, meaning that all of our powdering attempts were making things worse and not better.  Back to the pharmacy with a different script.  One dose of the cortizone cream later and I can already tell a difference.  What a feeling of relief.

Poor little man, it seems he has inherited his mommy's ultra sensitive skin.