Itchy!

Poor Kirby! His eczema has been getting worse lately! He has some raised spots on his head (which we originally thought was cradle cap) and now he's getting patches on his legs, arms, face and neck. His head is bad enough that he now scratches it (which Granny thinks is funny), and of course, his little nails are hard to keep short so he has little scratches all over his head. :(

I started using Burt's Bees lotion on his skin this week and it's gotten a *little* better, but thankfully he has his 4 month appt today so we can find out what we should really do for him. I'm hoping that it goes away with some form of cream because I read that another thing that might help is for me to give up dairy, eggs, soy, seafood and peanuts for 3 weeks to see if he has an allergy. Oi - the thought of giving up dairy (cheese & ice cream) makes me a sad panda for sure! But I'll do what I need to in order for my baby to be happy and healthy!

Speaking of dr appts - I'm curious to see how much he's grown since the last appt (2 months ago). He gained 4 pounds and 3 inches last time. If that's the case this time, he'll be 18 pounds! We're already getting to the point where we have to buy another car seat b/c he's growing too long for the infant seat we currently have.

In other news, Granny has officially moved to Durham! She moved her stuff here last weekend, but had to go back to TN to take care of some things (clean and re-list her farm, etc). She arrived back in Durham yesterday and she's spending all her time unpacking and getting her place set up. We're going to leave Kirby in daycare until the end of March so that Granny has plenty of time to get her affairs in order (additionally, she's going to spend a week in Florida visiting her daughter and grandbabies). It'll be nice to have her watching Kirby full time - especially since Gary, Kirby & I always seem to be sick. Blech!

Here's one of my new favorite photos of Kirby & Gary.

And so it begins......

Ever since Kirby rolled over that handful of times, he hasn't done it since. I'm certainly in no hurry to get him rolling around and walking, but I thought it was interesting that he seemed to have "forgotten" how to roll over.

Since he got us up earlier than usual this morning (5:45am - UGH!), we had some extra playtime. We decided to put him on his stomach on his floor mat to give him some tummy time. He held his head up well, etc, but then he got annoyed and Gary moved him to his play mat to bat at the toys above his head. During this time, I was in the kitchen packing my lunch. After a few minutes Gary got excited and said that Kirby had rolled over to his side, but by the time I got over there, he was on his back again. This happened several times so I delayed packing and got on the floor with Kirby. And you know - he did it several more times!!

It was just the cutest thing. He would bring his legs up in a ball and just BOOP! roll to one side. He'd only stay there for a few seconds then roll onto his back. He just kept rolling back and forth - like it was no big deal. :) I asked his teacher about it and she said that he started doing it yesterday, but he was doing it a lot.

I'll see if he'll do it again and try to get some video to post.