Things that never go away

Paige has been pretty happy since her 4th month check-up, but we have been back to the doctor once, and will probably need to go again Monday. She still seems to have Thrush (despite having to give her oral medicine that she hates 4 times a day) and she also has developed what they tell me are hives on her back. They started the day after the rice cereal started, so I thought she could be having a reaction to that. We stopped it but the hives were getting worse. But they come and go so it is so hard to tell. You look at her back one moment and she is fine and a little later they look bad. They don't seem to bother her, but it bothers me not knowing what they are. I took her to the doctor on Monday. The doctor we saw thinks she may be having a slow onset reaction to milk. So I had to cut it out of my diet again and switch the formula we have been using about once a day while she is at my moms house. The new stuff is quite expensive, so if this is the solution- I may have to re-think my plan of stopping breasfeeding at 6 months.

The doctor said it would be OK to start the rice cereal again, so we did. I am not sure if the hives are really getting better. It could just be a heat rash. Her skin is just like mine. If you touch her, it will turn red for a short time and then go back to mine. It makes it difficult to tell if there is a problem.

So I think I will be taking her back to the doctors on Monday. I was planning on starting a different grain cereal or oatmeal on Monday as per the doctors original plan (One new food a week). I want them to check out her thrush and her hives if they are still there. We will find out.

For now, we are just getting ready for her baby dedication tomorrow. We will be posting more information, probably on Monday. We have around 30 people coming so far and just spend a lot of money at costco. Our friends Evan & Danielle are coming up this afternoon to spend the night so that will be fun. And my sister Chelsie will be here in a minute to clean my house (We are paying her!).