Thursday, May 22, 2014

Rough Weekend

As a result of the antibiotics he was taking for his double ear infection, Greyson developed a horrible diaper rash on Saturday. We have been lucky and haven't really had to deal with these yet, usually just a red hiney that is healed up with some Bag Balm by the next morning (Blake's parents bought a tin of this stuff when Greyson was born, and so far it's been awesome!). But since Greyson just finished his first round of antibiotics not too long ago, he was prescribed something stronger (and not as yummy) than the amoxicillin he took with his first ear infection. His hiney went from being a little red to a full blown diaper rash overnight, and even the Bag Balm wasn't healing it. We drove out to the ranch the next day and just during the ride there it went from bad to terrible. He was in pain and so uncomfortable, so we let him run around naked for a while. He was much happier without anything irritating his skin. Veteran Mom, Aunt Tanya, told us about a homemade cream, which Blake has dubbed Booty Butter - a mixture of Maalox and Vaseline - that worked wonders!

So what do you do when your baby doesn't feel good? Buy him a new toy, of course! Since he has been standing and trying to push his walker, I have been looking for a push toy like this to help him learn to walk. Target didn't carry one and I was dreading going to Walmart. I ended up  finding a used one and gave it a good scrub. Yes, I would rather spend an hour taking it apart and cleaning all the pieces than one trip to the New Braunfels Walmart in the summer. Good as new and he loves it!



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