we don't like seeing this face (but please note the peace sign the little dude is throwing)!
and normally when you get this face you also get tears. well we got tears...but only from the left eye and they were yellow and gunky. :( i was a little concerned, but was proud of myself for not freaking out. i calmly called the doctors office and told them what was wrong. to my surprise the pediatrician office is open until 8pm!! so we got the last 7:45pm appointment.
after a careful evaluation of his little eye, the doctor said graham has a very clogged tear duct. apparently it's a normal thing for newborns to get and they usually just have the parents massage the tear duct twice a day. but since graham had a little worse case than most, we were prescribed erythomycin (the same stuff they put on newborns eyes once their born) to put on his eye 3-4 times a day plus massaging his tear duct twice a day. we also try to wipe some of the gunk out of his eye with a warm washcloth...which he actually really seems to like.
on a positive note though...when they weighed graham at his visit he weighed 7lbs 10oz!!!! woo hoo!!! that's 4oz more than last week. that's all i could think about the whole way home. the every 2 hour nursing schedule is paying off!
and normally when you get this face you also get tears. well we got tears...but only from the left eye and they were yellow and gunky. :( i was a little concerned, but was proud of myself for not freaking out. i calmly called the doctors office and told them what was wrong. to my surprise the pediatrician office is open until 8pm!! so we got the last 7:45pm appointment.
after a careful evaluation of his little eye, the doctor said graham has a very clogged tear duct. apparently it's a normal thing for newborns to get and they usually just have the parents massage the tear duct twice a day. but since graham had a little worse case than most, we were prescribed erythomycin (the same stuff they put on newborns eyes once their born) to put on his eye 3-4 times a day plus massaging his tear duct twice a day. we also try to wipe some of the gunk out of his eye with a warm washcloth...which he actually really seems to like.
on a positive note though...when they weighed graham at his visit he weighed 7lbs 10oz!!!! woo hoo!!! that's 4oz more than last week. that's all i could think about the whole way home. the every 2 hour nursing schedule is paying off!
go mommy and graham!! sorry about the eye, but it will get better really soon!! good job!
ReplyDeletemmmrrr...we hope he feels better soon!!
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