The "E" Word

POOR BABY!

This is on our way home from our visit with Dr. Nguyen.

I know Madden looks sad, but this is just his serious face; which happens to be his favorite and most popular expression.

Today didn't exactly go as planned. We were supposed to go hang out with Aaron, Amy, Kaitlyn, and Camden. Then, Dr. Mann's nurse called and said she took the pleasure of making Madden an appointment. So, Madden had his first dermatology consultation today. Over the past couple of months, Madden's skin has been flaring up and getting progressively drier. His pediatrician kept chalking it up to extra sensitive skin, but unfortunately it turned out to be a little more than that. The dermatologist diagnosed him today with eczema. He gave us several different remedies for managing it and a few prescriptions. We are hoping that his beautiful, soft, glowing baby skin will return soon. I'm really going to miss giving Madden his nightly bath. He loves bath time, but that's something that we are going to have to cut back on for the sake of his skin. The dermatologist was incredibly nice and we will go back for a follow-up in 3 weeks.

Madden Relaxing in his Bath...Pre-Eczema

We decided to go eat while we were waiting for Madden's prescriptions to be filled. This was his second time going to a restaurant and he did fairly well. We don't venture out much, but we are looking forward to getting out this weekend to visit the Sossamon fam . We are really going to enjoy spending quality time with my brother and his family.