Twin 1 has just started taking his first steps, at 17 months of age. He is following in his older brother's footstep as he was also 17 months when he started to walk.
Twin 2, however, she has been walking for ages, around about her first birthday. I am told girls are usually advanced. Well I can see a big difference in these two, but I know of boys who were walking at 9 months so I'm not sure if it is down to sex and gender.
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Thursday, 11 February 2010
One of the Twins has Eczema (not EXMA!)
Whilst one has porcelain soft skin the other has suffered from dry skin and eczema since whenever I can remember.
Red, Sore, Weeping in the Creases: ankles, knees, wrists and hands
It was last summer when he was about 9 or 10 months old when the weeping wounds on his ankles were bad enough to warrant a trip to the Doctor.
Remember, I have twins, so I simply do not make appointments and I never go to the doctors' surgery, it is all just too difficult to get out of the house on a schedule.
Well, GP prescibed hydrocortisone cream to treat the eczema flare up and E45 as a general moisturiser. As expected the cream did a marvellous job, within a few days the weeping gashes had closed. But the redness around his feet never got better. I didn't keep using the hydrocortisone because I know is not supposed to be used continuously.
Reactions to Creams & Moisturisers Causing Eczema Flare Ups
To cut a long story very much shorter it slowly seemed to emerge that the more I put moisturiser on little Edward the worse his skin got: slowly redder, looking burnt and blistered. I came to the conclusion it was the cream because it would appear only in places that had been moisturised.
Again, remember I have 3 children, so unlike some more diligent mothers, I neglected little Edward. He did not get smoothered in moisturiser all over on a regular basis. I was told he should because off his dry skin and small patches of eczema, but if I put cream all over his legs and tummy when they were just a litle dry, the next day they looked worse and red.
Specialist Skin Doctor at the Hospital
My GP made an appointment at the dermatology department. The Eczema Doctor prescibed a potent corticosteroid ointment called Elocon 0.1% for use once a day for 5 days. This treatment ended on Sunday 31st Jan. For the first time ever he had beautiful soft skin coloured legs with no red patches and no itching and scratching.
This lasted over a week but sadly I have to report that yesterday the redness reappeared, he was scratching again at night and today I used the milder hydrocortiscone ointment which she also prescribed which is to be used at the first sign of a flare up. I hope this will stop the ezcema in its tracks but other parents will know you get so used to it being there it is hard to believe it will ever go.
Be careful where you take advice on the web, lots of people are selling products and have dubious credientials, Here is some sound advice on treatment for a baby:
Red, Sore, Weeping in the Creases: ankles, knees, wrists and hands
It was last summer when he was about 9 or 10 months old when the weeping wounds on his ankles were bad enough to warrant a trip to the Doctor.
Remember, I have twins, so I simply do not make appointments and I never go to the doctors' surgery, it is all just too difficult to get out of the house on a schedule.
Well, GP prescibed hydrocortisone cream to treat the eczema flare up and E45 as a general moisturiser. As expected the cream did a marvellous job, within a few days the weeping gashes had closed. But the redness around his feet never got better. I didn't keep using the hydrocortisone because I know is not supposed to be used continuously.
Reactions to Creams & Moisturisers Causing Eczema Flare Ups
To cut a long story very much shorter it slowly seemed to emerge that the more I put moisturiser on little Edward the worse his skin got: slowly redder, looking burnt and blistered. I came to the conclusion it was the cream because it would appear only in places that had been moisturised.
Again, remember I have 3 children, so unlike some more diligent mothers, I neglected little Edward. He did not get smoothered in moisturiser all over on a regular basis. I was told he should because off his dry skin and small patches of eczema, but if I put cream all over his legs and tummy when they were just a litle dry, the next day they looked worse and red.
Specialist Skin Doctor at the Hospital
My GP made an appointment at the dermatology department. The Eczema Doctor prescibed a potent corticosteroid ointment called Elocon 0.1% for use once a day for 5 days. This treatment ended on Sunday 31st Jan. For the first time ever he had beautiful soft skin coloured legs with no red patches and no itching and scratching.
This lasted over a week but sadly I have to report that yesterday the redness reappeared, he was scratching again at night and today I used the milder hydrocortiscone ointment which she also prescribed which is to be used at the first sign of a flare up. I hope this will stop the ezcema in its tracks but other parents will know you get so used to it being there it is hard to believe it will ever go.
Be careful where you take advice on the web, lots of people are selling products and have dubious credientials, Here is some sound advice on treatment for a baby:
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
My Boy Girl Twins are Very Different
It is certainly interesting to see the differences between my 2 babies as they grow and develop. Being the same, the differences are obvious, whereas if I try to compare them to my older son my memory may be blurred by time. In fact, it is important to treasure, as much as possible, this time with the little ones because it is amazing how much you forget those unforgettable moments.
The differences which I am referring to are development of abilities, personalities, interests: particular as my twins are a boy and a girl.
Already, I cannot remember when darling daughter began to walk, even though it must have been within the last 6 months. I know my older son started walking at around 17 months and his baby brother looks set to be even later. The twins are 17 months old this week and darling baby boy has only taken a few steps.
So my girl has always been more able that the boy: turning over, sitting up, walking...
Nether of them show much interest in talking but the do lots of baby chattering to each other and with me. Victoria has always had a big smiling personality, she wears a grin which is so wide it must hurt her cheeks. Edward, Earnest might be a better name, serious, smiles only briefly, his smiles and giggles seem so much more valuable because of their rarity. If he is always like this, however, I think he could find it tough making friends.
It has been most interesting to see Victoria take to playing with dolls and teddies in a way that Edward never has. Whist both of the babies have a healthy curiosity about everything, Edward is more interested in the things you might associate with boy behaviour: how technical, gadgety things work.
I am not the type of mum to give them gender specific toys, by the way, I am happy for them to play with anything that will not hurt them (too much).
The differences which I am referring to are development of abilities, personalities, interests: particular as my twins are a boy and a girl.
Already, I cannot remember when darling daughter began to walk, even though it must have been within the last 6 months. I know my older son started walking at around 17 months and his baby brother looks set to be even later. The twins are 17 months old this week and darling baby boy has only taken a few steps.
So my girl has always been more able that the boy: turning over, sitting up, walking...
Nether of them show much interest in talking but the do lots of baby chattering to each other and with me. Victoria has always had a big smiling personality, she wears a grin which is so wide it must hurt her cheeks. Edward, Earnest might be a better name, serious, smiles only briefly, his smiles and giggles seem so much more valuable because of their rarity. If he is always like this, however, I think he could find it tough making friends.
It has been most interesting to see Victoria take to playing with dolls and teddies in a way that Edward never has. Whist both of the babies have a healthy curiosity about everything, Edward is more interested in the things you might associate with boy behaviour: how technical, gadgety things work.
I am not the type of mum to give them gender specific toys, by the way, I am happy for them to play with anything that will not hurt them (too much).
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