Naptime Blog

Well, we survived another well baby check up. Unfortunately, Jeromy (my husband/baby daddy) could not leave work for our appointment on Friday. I hate taking the kids to get shots by myself, so Aunt Cat (my husband’s lil sister) volunteered to go with me. She loves the kids to death and is always stopping by to hang out with us. I really appreciate her offering to go. For the most part Jayce was in a pretty good mood while we waited to be seen. He was laughing, cooing & looking all around. We just knew it was going to be an ok appointment. We even gave him a dose of infant Tylenol to help with any fussiness the shots might have caused. After the nurse did vitals & weight and all that good stuff, the doctor finally came in. We were amazed to learn that he was already a little over 14 lbs., he is only 4 months!! Let’s not forget my lil guy started off at a shocking 5lbs. 2 oz.!!

For the most part the appointment went well. She did notice some skin tags in his scalp that she wants a pediatric dermatologist to look at and she was concerned about his skin/complexion. Jayce is obviously light/very fair to be an African American. I never thought much of it, but his doctor would like for us to see a Geneticist for testing. She suggested we may be dealing with some form of Albinism. That was a major blow to me heart. To me he is just perfect, but the thought of Jayce having something wrong with him SCARES me to death!! She tried to reassure me that if that was what we were dealing with, that children with Albinism typically due very well and don’t have any problems. She also gave a VERY brief education on the condition and that it comes in several different variations. We/ the parents would just have to be diligent about protecting his skin because he is so fair. I just hope & pray that he is fine. So, we came for a 4 month well check up and we will be leaving with 2 outside referrals to see specialist. Other than that, Jayce checked out really well, he is growing and developing nicely, hitting all his milestones. The doctor left to get the nurse to come back in with those dreaded shots!!!! I was ready, but Aunt Cat was looking a little nervous about the whole thing. The nurse came in with 3 vaccinations; 2 shots & 1 oral medication. We elected to do the oral medication 1st.  The nurse asked us to lay Jayce down on his back and she would administer the shots in his thighs. Well once she did the 1st one, my baby turned red as fire and screamed out, he had tears rolling down his face, when I turned around to check on Aunt Cat she had tears rolling down her face TOO!! It was sooooo funny; I thought it was really cute to see her crying. It made me realize our family members love our baby just as much as we do. Even though I am concerned about these upcoming appointments, I just know Jayce is going to be just fine & we are going to love him up regardless!!!

-Shanta