Eczema Update #41

Colin's eczema is clearing up very nicely.  We just went to the dermatologist and she was pleased with Colin's progress that she changed his treatment plan to a maintenance plan.  Yay!  The doctor (Schaffer at NYU Medical not Evil!) had said that around 1-1 1/2 years, atopic dermatitis usually clears up... or else, the baby ends up with it through childhood.  I thought that it'd be the latter case for Colin because I had eczema all through my childhood and into my twenties.  It sucked.  Of course, we are not in the clear yet, but Colin's face is doing well.  Currently, he's on three days of Protopic (with tons of aquaphor and either mimyx or atopiclair) and one day of my choice between Elicon and Fluticasone.  I prefer Elicon right now because he still gets red bumpy patches but his face is nowhere like it was back in February. 

Colin's Birthday #1

Colin's birthday was crazy (see photoblog).  It was nicer than some of the weddings I've been to.  Two big factors in contributing to that were 1) we were upgraded to the largest room even though we requested the middle sized room 2) we dressed up.  My MIL bought Colin a 3 piece suit for his party and me a fabulous dress for a graduation gift.  So we all decided to play dress up.  The next thing you know, the women are in dresses and the men are in suits and ties.  And all along, I thought the party would be casual.  lol. 

Along with the flowers, balloons, ice sculpture, music, slideshow, and other things that Dae Dong Manor in Flushing offered us, they also provided a woman to help us out.  She was great... a little too great.  She was the-hand-that-rocks-the-cradle-great.  She would barely let us touch Colin.  I get that she was trying to give us a chance to do other things, but still...

Colin received so many wonderful presents.  His top three favorites were
    #3   Little People's Noah's Ark box
    #2   Chicco Ride-on box
    #1   Little People's Firetruck Ride-on box
He received cute clothes too.  His favorite outfit?  The one that came in the box... Next time we have a party just keep the toys for your own kids and give us the box.  It's funny how the parents want their kids to have the best, but the kids really don't care at all.  When Colin gets new toys he gets very excited.  He loves to play with the wrappers, boxes, lids, etc. Like right now... he's playing with a postcard.  And last week and the restaurant, I gave him a plastic bag... what?! I was there to supervise. 

Videos

I'm having trouble with adding photos in this blog so I'll just leave you with these videos.


Hyuking Colin





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