12 month checkup

My Poor Blake.

We went Monday for his routine 12 month checkup and a consult on his "possible" allergies. He's had severe eczema and terrible skin problems from a very early age, for which we're using a topical steriod ointment. Long term use of topical sterioids doesn't pose a threat, but it's definitely a pain in the butt to slather him down numerous times per day. I'm determined to get to the root of the issue causing the eczema, which I strongly suspect to be a milk or pet allergy. I volunteered several vials of his blood, which I later regretted simply due to the process that took place in order to retrieve his blood. My poor baby. He had all his normal checks, height, weight, nose, eyes, ears, breathing, etc and I was alarmed to find out he had another ear infection in which we did not know about. This makes the 4th in 7 months. I'm sure we'll be talking tubes in the near future.

We hope to have the allergy test results back within 10 days. He weighed in at 25lbs even, is 29 3/4" tall which puts him in the 75th% for weight and 50th% for height. Honestly I thought his weight had gone off the charts so this is my reassurance that's he's perfectly normal sized. (I still don't believe it)