Bangs and Diaper Rash

Addie got her first "hair cut" last night! Freddy went in for a cut and with a lot of hesitation I asked if they could just trim her bangs. Like babies have bangs? Her mop of hair needed trimmed in the front because she was starting to look like a sheep dog or something. Anyway, it was just one quick snip while I held her and then a little thinning shear...yup they used thinning shears on the 11 month old's hair. I think she's got Jason's hair! Anyway, you'd never know if you hadn't seen the hair stuck in the folds of her eyelids before. That's how I wanted it. I was only able to save like 3 stray hairs before they fell to the ground. I kept them though, it looks like I'm saving a DNA sample rather than a lock of hair, but oh well!! Sorry no pics yet. Here's a before from last month, so you can imagine how much she needed it.





Now, on to the diaper rash. Addie has had a few bouts of diaper rash, but nothing too awful until last week. I took her to daycare last Wednesday for her first time since I started working at home and when I picked her up she was really red. The next morning it was so bad that all the skin was rubbed completely raw, looked like it was rubbed off, all shiny and sticky. She screamed just when the air touched it. I had to call the nurse at the pediatricians office and they advised me to just put her in the bathtub when she needed changed, only use water to clean her, and to let her be naked as much as possible. It was terrible for several days and is just now about healed. I have also grown to really love Johnson & Johnson's 3 in 1 diaper rash cream. Desitin and Aveeno were doing nothing, and I refused to buy anything else. This just happened to be in my supply drawer from a shower gift, thank you whoever you are! It doesn't have as high a zinc oxide percentage as Desitin, but it has soothing oat kernel flour, lanolin and some kind of synthetic beeswax (I'm not granola!) and NO IRRITATING FRAGRANCE (unlike Desitin). J&J, it's the stuff!

Okay, but the best part of this was trying to let Addie go without a diaper and not pee or poo on anything. I managed to leave her nakey for at least an hour or so a day and then during naps with a sheet saver under her with her only peeing on the sheet saver..oh and she may have pooed in the bed a little. Oh well. It's been cold around here and we have mostly tile and hardwood floors, so I improvised on the "naked" part...


I should re-brand baby legwarmers as some type of magical diaper rash healing pants. They could even be an elegible expense on your flexible spending accounts as a medical expense! Please take note that Freddy doesn't even notice!