It's Working!

Today we took Ruby to her 2 month appointment. We finally got to meet with her pediatrician, and he was wonderful. I'm so happy he was recommended to us!

Ruby had developed a rash yesterday, and I spent the day feeling like a bad mother since I assumed it was an allergic reaction to something I had put her on that hadn't been properly washed with hypoallergenic laundry soap. Yesterday it was all over her back, and today had spread to her arms and a little on her chest. Her doctor, however, said it just looked like a non-specific heat rash. Either way, the treatment is the same... nothing. If is seems to bother her we can apply hydrocortisone creme.

In good news though, Ruby is now 7 pounds! I couldn't believe it. She's 19.5 inches long. Her doctor kept saying, "she's doing better than her friends," meaning better than expected for a 32-weeker. He said if she keeps going at this rate, she could be caught up by 6 months! Louis and I are very proud of our little weed.

She had her first round of vaccinations, which consisted of four shots in her legs and one oral. She cried for as long as they were giving her the shots and then stopped, what a trooper. We followed up with a bottle and some tylenol and she's been sleeping since.

The doctor was wonderful, and took time to answer all of my questions, and develop a plan for Ruby to taper off her meds and get off the monitor. We're stopping her caffeine to see if she is still event free, and next will start tapering off the Reglan. He also recommended probiotics to help with her digestion, which I'm really excited to try.

All in all, it was a great visit, and we left knowing that Ruby is doing fantastic, and continuing to exceed everyone's expectations. The doctor told us to keep doing whatever we were doing, because it's working =)