Is it May yet?

No I'm not anxious for April to be done. I want it to be May because on May 4th Little Man has his dermotology appt and on May 5th he has his allergy appointment. I have rescheduled these appointments 3 times since November. I have been keeping an eye on Little Man's arms and legs and thought they were doing pretty good (well at least not getting worse). If you remember I discontinued his lotions about 7 months ago as they weren't helping. Little Man was not in the mood to get dressed for church tonight and had his arms up tightly to his body with his hands on his face. He didn't have a shirt on and my heart just broke. His arms are SOOOO red! I felt his arms and they are very bumpy. I am sick to my stomach that I don't know what to do to make them better.

I know no type of lotion will help. Although I feel like I should put something on it. I wonder if I should lather his Aveeno Hydrocortisone Cream all over his arms. It does a good job in clearing up any exczema break outs he may have (which he hasn't had in a LONG time).

I'm starting to look into buying organic. I wonder if preservatives may be a factor. If not, it's good to eat healthy anyways. I do love organically grown eggs better than store bought. I'm doing some research and found a few farms that sell eggs. Daddy and I would like to own land when we buy a house (we've talked about this since we got married) and would like to have chickens.

Until then I'll keep praying that Little Man's arms and legs don't get worse and his appointments are here before we know it.

Eczema

As most know Little Man has eczema. The bad stuff is under control but his arms and tops of his legs are very dry and have red bumps. I have talked to his pediatrician about this and he recommended another lotion, Amlactin, to use and to change our detergent and bath soap. So we did. I even read that Omega 3 foods will help with dry skin. Nothing is working. His skin isn't getting better and it's frustrating having to stare at his bright red arms (compared to his pale back, stomach and legs) and remember that his primary doc says there's nothing else we can do. He wouldn't even do allergy testing.

As a mom this frustrates me. There's got to be something that can be done. His lotion isn't helping, the detergent isn't helping. I've tried long baths, short baths. Nothing is working. His hydrocortizone is helping the inside of his elbows but his Amlactin isn't doing a thing for his arms or top of his legs and this is the 2nd lotion we've tried. We are even getting rid of our cats as I read some allergic reactions are dry skin in kids. It's not confirmed but I'll do anything to have Little Man feel better.

So on Dec 12th Little Man will be seeing Dr. Rachel Hub and a resident (to by pass referral issues). I hope they can recommend some more things we can try.