Illnesses: Luv

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Nervous Wreck-baby Constantly Getting Sick and Growth Has Leveled Off

My nearly 9 month old son has had one virus after the next ever since he started day care (three days a week). Though he is very petite (my husband and i come from a long line of shrimps) he was gaining along his little curve just fine until these illnesses began. It started with the croup, and then it has really just been cold after cold with only small breaks of wellness in between for almost two months. No ear infections though. He was fine as of Sunday, but now as ANOTHER cold and fever. During this time, he has also started to get very...

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Mentally Ill Father

To make a very long story short, the father of my 5 month old daughter has a...

Allergies

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Allergic to Disposable Diapers?

Our daughter has broken out about 6 times in the past 8 months with severe welts. This started when she was in cloth diapers and then later in disposable diapers. We contributed the first couple of breakouts to lavendar. The first time was when I used Essential Lavendar oil in her wipe solution and the second time when I put lavendar lotion on her. (It took the second time to figure out the connection!) Then in the past week, she has broken out 3 more times. At first we thought it was us changing our dryer sheet brand to Bounce. We...

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Allergy or What?

When getting my 2 year old ready for dinner i took her shirt off and found...

Rash

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Advice About Rash

I have an 11 month old girl. We have been very lucky with diaper rashes up until this point. The only time we see anything it is just a couple of bumps if she has sat in a diaper with a bowel movement for any length of time. It seems like lately her BM's have been more sneaky so she's had a few bumps here and there. My mother is the main source of care when my fiance' and I are working. The other day my mom talked me into putting a little fresh aloe on the little bumps. Well now it is very red and dry. I believe she had a little reaction to...