Nasty Rash, Poor Kiddo

So the fun and excitement of Zoey getting to try new foods managed to wear off last night around 2 in the morning when she woke up screaming and crying. Cicely heard her initially so I figured it was nothing more than a wet diaper and maybe her being a little scared in the crib - it was her first night being in there for pretty much the entire night. Other nights she has only been in there for a few hours or so and then we have to transition her to the bassinet or our bed. Both of which we are trying to ween her off of so she can get a good nights sleep as well as both of us.

Not So Sweet, Potatoes

After eating the sweet potatoes that Zoey was absolutely loving every spoonful of the past week I guess her body had enough and was trying to process them too fast. She was pooping quite a bit, but nothing completely out of the norm for a baby, just more than she does most of the time. While we were concerned about it and noticing the increase we also were not so concerned that we were going to cut back on the sweet potatoes entirely. Our thought was that it was nothing more than her little body adjusting to them and it would improve.

Thankfully she had no allergic reactions to her new food and as mentioned was enjoying it fully. But the increased pooping made her little butt irritated and raw, which developed into a rash. We were changing her diaper any time we heard her grunt or groan or at the very least check to see if anything had happened that required a change. More times than not she did need to be changed so we did just that and freshened everything up.

By the end of yesterday her butt was looking red and Cicely knew there was a rash on the way. She started using the cream and washing Zoey gently in the tub when she could as well as soaking her in some powder and water in the tub. This worked awesome last time and really soothed Zoey's rear end a lot - she was very happy every time she came out of the tub feeling better and better.

This time it will be more of the same from the looks of her butt this morning. I guess it looks much better than it did at 2 AM from what Cicely was telling me. I don't like this part of parenthood very much at all and want to do nothing more than take everything away from her that is uncomfortable or annoying to her. I am sure that is what every parent says and would do as well so I am just falling into the normal part of parenthood and protecting my young. Heck to be honest I would do all of the same for Oggy as well. He is our fuzzy kid and we love him just as much and would do anything that we can to make him not feel like crud.

Anyway, this too will pass and our little girl will be back to normal - well until the next one comes around or the next cold or what-ever decides to happen. Kids go through so much crap it's a miracle that we make it as far as we do in life. At the same time its amazing that we do not have fewer problems as we get older because we have dealt with so much when young. Well by problems I am simply referring to colds and stuff. I fully understand that we have issues of a different kind as we age and our bodies start to become worn from the years of "I am invincible" activities. I feel those every single morning when I get out of bed - sucks.

Feel better little one, mom and I are here to help you in any way that we can. You are being so strong and understanding about all of this even though you have no idea what is going on and why we are making your butt hurt - it's not us, really - it's those damn potatoes! The little whimpers that you make when we are putting the cream on, or you move just right and it hurts - those are what break my heart to hear. Mom and I will make you better as soon as we can so you can play, giggle and drool as well as all the other great things we love to watch you do!

Full Stop

That will do it for today. Obviously it's Tuesday, but it's our Monday and back to work. I would like to be home today, but I will say that pretty much everyday of the week. I love being at home, hanging out with Cicely, Zoey and Oggy. I do enjoy being at work as well to be honest, but at times it can be a little much and make a person feel as though they cannot get ahead or the things they are doing are not for the greater good and get you on a path of second guessing choices and related.

Thankfully I am not in one of those situations and I do enjoy what I am doing. I hope that I can do my best to help everyone on my team grow or head in the direction that they want their career to go. A lot of it is out of my control even as a manager because there are so many levels above me.

I hope that my team is realizing by this point that I have the best interest in our team in mind with every decision that I make and that I have-never and will-never make decisions that are only for the greater good of me.

OK, unless it has zero ramifications on the greater good of the team. I do need to put myself first at times. Let's not forget that I have a beautiful baby girl to take care of and apparently cases of diaper rash cream that I need to start investing in as she begins to eat food of various types!

Photo: This cream works awesomely good just like all of the product we use by these guys. The baby shampoo is great as well. The shampoo and wash does not have a super strong scent so if you want your baby to be extremely fragrant after a bath, smelling of vanilla or something then this is not the product for you. It has more of a basic, clean smell - sort-of hard to describe. Anyway, regarding the rash cream - my only wish is that it worked much quicker and my girl was not in pain.