Thursday, January 27, 2011

My Sympathies for Diaper Rash

This may be too much information for you about our kids, but both of them tend to get really bad diaper rash after they've eaten citrus fruits or strawberries.  (Toby's went away after he was potty trained, naturally.)
We bought strawberries and oranges at the store the other day. In my defense, it was on the eve of the 5th snow storm we've had since Christmas and I wasn't about to go into it without fresh fruit on hand.  Beyond that I wasn't thinking.
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So poor Norah has a bad case of diaper rash.  (Like I need one more reason for her to be rid of diapers.)  Tonight, with Toby's help, we gave Norah a bath while she was standing up because she said it hurt too much to sit.  We were really trying hard to find ways to soothe her, but she's been a little out of sorts since BJ's been out of town (yeah--out of town in sunny San Diego while we're under another foot of snow--not bitter in the least....).   The bubble bath we gave her didn't help at all.  But we managed to clean her off enough, and she actually had some fun giving Toby a Mohawk.  (Toby, very sweetly, at the beginning of bath time said "Mom, you go take a break and I'll take care of Norah."  But I wasn't willing to take the risk of the clean-up from a five-year-old giving a thrashing three-year-old a bath.)
After I was done toweling Norah off I had to give her some diaper ointment, which she really didn't want.  She would have preferred I put her to bed buck naked, I think.  So the tears came back and she howled, "If Daddy were here he'd say 'Poor Norah!'"
What perspective.  I told her she was absolutely right, and asked if it would be alright if I said "Poor Norah" too.  She said yes, and then we got her calmed down with stories, Donkey, and a warm blanket.  And now she's sleeping away, probably dreaming about when her caring Daddy will return to rescue her from her tormentors.

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