Mommy Phanessa: Dustin

Dustin's 9 month visit was a surprise. First of all, I thought he was getting shots. Glad to hear he didn't have any. Then I found out he had an ear infection. What? That's the first. His older brothers never had it. The doctor said it was up to me if I wanted to give him antibiotics because he'll put the prescription on file so I can pick it up if he gets worse but I got it right after. He asked if Dustin pulled his ear. Well, sure... and he scratches it because he has eczema and broken skin behind ears. He is also teething so I thought tugging at the ear was normal. He didn't have any fevers so I didn't think anything of it. Turns out, they don't always get all the symptoms I hear about... He hasn't slept well since February. Has he had it for that long? *gasp* He's had a cold after cold after cold... his brothers keep bringing germs home from preschool.

9 Months - May 5, 2015
Weight - 19lb 14.2oz 54.84%
Height - 2' 6.24" (30.24") 98.44%
Head - 18.15" 80.94%

Dustin has been rolling over frequently since March. He's drooling a lot but still no teeth yet.

I've been putting him down on the mat for play time so he's been practicing crawling. He started off with falling when trying to move around. Then he would scoot around because when I left and came back, he's somewhere else... not too far off. I've seen him try to reach for toys and fall flat on tummy. Just a few days ago I saw him on his hands and feet with butt in air like a downward facing dog (yoga pose). Yesterday, he was actually on his hands and knees rocking back and forth. I believe he will start crawling soon! The problem with putting him down isn't because his brothers might run into him now... it's Pano (our cat). Pano loves to sit next to him. More specially, rub himself all over Dustin and it grosses me out when the butt end is in his face! Dustin loves Pano. He screams in excitement and touches him and is just so excited to be near him. He's also highly allergic to him! More so than his older brother Logan. His face and hands would break out in hives (little bumps) but his eczema also flares. I'm stuck on what to do next.

Scratching as soon as skin is exposed!

He's eating solids wonderfully. I'm still only giving him oatmeal cereal. I tried pears last week and he liked it however his eczema got worse. I couldn't tell if it was because of that or the cat (UGH)... so I'll wait to feed him something else again. It seems his skin is the most sensitive out of all the boys :(

He's very ticklish and has the cutest laugh! He's been blowing bubbles out of his mouth. It's especially funny when he does it while nursing. At this age, everything they do is cute!

He had surgery on May 1st to fix a penile adhesion. I was so scared because he had to get general anesthesia and I've never had it and you hear horror stories about babies not waking. Plus, he's had an ongoing cold which got worse that morning! We arrived at Kaiser at 6am (so early) in Folsom. The doctor and anesthesiologist examined him and said he was borderline but the procedure is small so they felt comfortable moving forward. They said they would give him less gas and more pain meds through needle (numbing). Of course during the examination, they kept giving each other looks when he would cough and said "He's getting worse right in front of us". Saying that doesn't worry me at all (sarcasms)! The procedure was quick and he was alsleep when we came back to the recovery room. He still had his mask on. I hate seeing that sight. Tubes. IV. Mask. It all reminds me too much of Logan's stay in the hospital for his fever of unknown origin. That was a really rough time for our family. The surgery site wasn't that bad at all and he wasn't as fussy as I thought after.