How to cure severe diaper rash

If your baby has eaten massive quantities of pineapple, strawberries, or other highly acidic foods, you might have a very severe diaper rash on your hands.

If this is the case, you might try using a very good diaper cream (like Aveeno) and (lots of) medicated baby powder (like Balmex) in the diaper.  You should use any other treatment you know of to clear this up.

If, however, you find that the rash is either not going away, has developed little bumps (called “satellite lesions), and/or has begun to spread despite treatment—you might have a yeast infection on your hands, which  is a whole other animal (excuse the pun).

If yeast is your beast: Go to a doctor and get prescription cream!

While you are at the pharmacy, it might be in your best interest to pick up some tea tree oil, athlete’s foot cream, and probiotic powder for children (like Florastor Kids).  You should actually start the probiotic powder at the start of the rash, in hopes of preventing the flourishment of yeast.

Your treatment might look something like this:

On a clean bottom:

• 15 drops of tea tea oil diluted in 2 ounces of water, applied with a washcloth or spray bottle and allowed to dry.  Repeat a few times.
• Apply a combination of the prescription yeast cream (Nystatin is used) with the over the counter anti-fungal (used for athlete’s foot).  Mix in your hands and apply.
• Cover the inside of the diaper with a medicated powder (maybe Balmex powder) to keep the area dry and so the medicated cream stays on.  Regular cornstarch-based is not recommended since it is food for yeast.
• *Repeat at least every 2 hours.

Administer a dose of probiotics at 1-2 times daily.  The probiotic powder can be diluted in water, juice, or administered through a medicine dropper (maybe mixed with Tylenol, Zyrtec, or whatever other medication that your poor baby is needing thanks to horrible teething or allergies).

I’m not necessarily saying this happened to us.  But, what I am saying is that this situation would really stink if it did occur.  I would also highly recommend treating it with the full arsenal from the start.

 

**Disclaimer: always rely on the advice of your doctor or pharmacist. 

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Pumpkins!

“Please please” is what Geneva said as we approached the outside of the pumpkin patch.

She enjoyed walking around, picking up pumpkins, sitting with older kids, and then finally playing in the sand.

Here are a few pictures:

  

Here she is (holding her bow) saying and making the sign for “please” because she was wanting to get up onto this huge pumpkin.

This was really cute when she tried to look through the wooden cut outs.

 

I got her to sit on my lap for about 1/2 a second so a friend could snap a picture of us together: 

Here she is with her friend Taylor who also goes to day care with her:

Second Sentence

Please more mommy. (in reference to wanting more bubbles).  The words “please” and “more” were accompanied by signs.

16 Month Stats- Update

23 lbs (50th percentile)

31.5 inches (55th percentile)

At this rate, she is on track to be just a little taller than me.  Whoo hoo!

This is really for my records, but at 16 months we counted that she has at least 35 words (nouns, requests, names, animal sounds) that she uses unprompted.  She attempts to say just about anything.

She has and uses these signs often paired with the word: please, more, milk, eat, book, finished/done, help.

She often puts two sign/words together like “more please” or “help please” or “milk please”.

A few days ago (still at 16 months) she said the words and used the signs for “more milk please”.  Three words together! This mama is proud :)

Our Week in Review

Just to get you caught up--

Last weekend we had friends over for the UT/Tech game.

Even though they root for different teams, the girls were pretty sweet to one another (except for the time that Geneva pulled Blake’s hair).  Cute!

 

Last Sunday we went to visit an Alpaca farm for “Alpaca Day.”  We learned quite a bit about these furry and friendly animals.   Apparently they adore children and are always very gentle and accommodating with them.  G really liked petting them.

We’ve had a great weekend here- A good mix of social, family, active, and relaxing.  I also want to recommend- if you ever have the chance to see a play called, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee—Go and see it!  It is hilarious but very endearing.  The gorgeous weather today was just bonus :)

More Video

Here are a few more videos from our visit to the children’s museum:

I thought the train track play was especially cool b/c we have never played with cars or trains at home.  She knew immediately what to do with them though.   She tripped over my bag at the end of the video.

The Unveiling

Some of you may remember this post where I asked for feedback about whether or not I should start a separate blog for my soap-box manifestos and random recipes.  Despite the positive and encouraging comments, I have come to realize that this blog was becoming too random and rambling, especially for those who only check in for baby pictures and updates (HI MOM!!!).

So…. Drumroll… Another Blog!

Check out my second home on the web, Seeds of Potential, for everything else besides the original intent of this blog.

The major difference is that on the new one, I am leaving personal and identifying information OFF of it.  Thank you for your help in keeping it anonymous.

Please leave a comment or send me an email at seedsofpotential@yahoo.com to let me know what you think.

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Lately..

All of my pictures look like this:

   

As the girl on the move does not stay still for as long as it takes to snap a photo!!

Girls’ Trip!!

Geneva and I took our very own “Girls’ Trip” last weekend.  We went to central Texas to see my cousin Hannah and to do a few very fun things.  I thought it would be fun for her and a good opportunity for me to make some fun memories with her.  She is at a neat age where everything is new, interesting, and fun for her.  She really thrives on being around people and stimulation.

We started off by staying the night with my brother and his fiancé and their new puppy.

We both loved the children’s museum.  G loved the big train table and watching the train that would drive by on tracks overhead.

 

Here she was dancing to some Latin music.

    

She loved interacting with the giant game pieces.

 

Here we are after a *very* hot and sweaty run at the lake.  The good thing (I guess), was that by the time we made it to the farmer’s market, I was too exhausted and hot to even think about food.

Would you look at this big girl sitting at the table to eat and drink!

Cousin Hannah got better snuggles than she gives her own mom and dad.

The drive was a little long for just the two of us, but I think it was well worth it.  It is definitely the first of many fun “girls’ trips.” :)

Holy Toddler, what the…?

This weekend I had two of these moments within 24 hours. 

 

This was the twig that Greg pulled out of Geneva’s nose.  It had apparently been up there all day after visiting a nature trail that morning.  He noticed a little orange tip after she sneezed about three times in a row.

This is what Geneva looked like after we got home from the Farmers’ Market Saturday.  She had apparently been using a crayon as a teething device.  Yummmm…