18th Month Doctor's Visit

On Tuesday, Bambino went to see Dr. C, his Pediatrician for his 18th month well-baby visit. He got four shots, two in each arm, some of which were the inoculations he was supposed to get at 12th month, but we decided to delay as long as we could as recommended by his Immunologists.

He weighed 16 lbs 11 ounces at this particular scale (4 ounces higher than 6 weeks ago) and he's 29 inches in length.

He is all clear right now, a fact that didn't escape Dr. C who told me this is the best he has seen my Bebe.

Although his growth is still off the charts, Dr. C isn't worried because his weight-length ratio is still proportionate; he thinks he really is just a small baby.
Incidentally, Hubby plotted his own growth chart when he was a teenager and it came out exactly the same as Bambino's growth curve: below the 3rd percentile. So besides the effect of Netherton Syndrome, one could also see Genetics in the works here.

Doc did give me the option of being referred to an Endrocrinologist to maybe explore the possibility of giving him growth hormones - something Hubby is skeptical about. My mother in law was also given the choice to give HGH (human growth hormones) to Hubby when he was younger but he ended up not doing it, and it was for the best because he did gr0w later on, albeit too fast that he developed a crooked spine, and ended up being average in stature at 5 feet 9 inches.

In the coming months, Bambino will start regularly seeing a Speech Therapist and a Nutritionist in addition to the services he is already getting currently: Physical Therapy (which helped him immensely), Child Development and Feeding Therapy.

Despite the itch attacks, we are very happy that his skin is clear right now. It could be the warmer temperature, it could be the Keflex that he has been taking for 3 weeks now. It could be the natural cycle of his disorder - whatever the cause, we are hoping and praying that it lasts forever.