Diaper rash cream....good for the scalp and hair

SO today was quite the crazy day. We started off to a pretty good morning. No fits and Carter was being really good as was the baby. I went into our living room to change Brooklyn and Carter started following me but stopped as he was watching "Little Einsteins". So I continued changing Brooklyn and talking to her and then decide to go get Carter and get him changed and ready for the day. When I go into the kitchen there he is with the diaper rash cream all over our floor and all over his head. He is rubbing it on his hair so good. I was so shocked I couldn't yell at him and as my mind started running as this is going to be hell to clean up I saw the camera on the bar and took a deep breath and like some of you decided to capture the moment. The camera was Carter's saving grace.....I didn't yell once. I quickly took some photos and then took him into the bathroom realizing he had a nice present in his diaper for me I layed him down on a towel changed his pants and he got a glimpse of himself in the mirror and thought he was so funny! I put him in the bath and started to look at his head. I soon became so flustered as I had no clue how to get this out. Water was the worst thing to put on it as it repels (just doing it's job and creating a barrier) I soon had a little boy with dreadlocks. I called my mom because when we were little she had to deal with some little girls rubbing vaseline all over the walls and floor and eachother I thought she'd know what to do. Well she used baby powder and a dry towel to get it out. Baby powder didn't really work for this it just made his locks even worse. So I thought when I use the cream I wipe it off with wet wipes and it comes off. So I tried it. It did a little something so I continued. THREE hours and many suckers later I was able to recognize my little boys hair. I never could have imagined that diaper cream would have been that tough to get off his scalp and hair. He was so thankful when I was done. He kept saying in the sweetest voice "all DONE mom, all done!!!" By then it was lunch time and then he went down so quickly for his nap and stayed asleep for a couple of hours. The whole ordeal must have tuckered him out. Seeing his mom fret to get his hair clean. And just a side note it was Arbonne's Diaper Rash cream...not cheap stuff and incredibly good stuff!!!! So I highly recommend it for the bum not head!




After several attempts....this is what he still looked like!!!



Finally looking so much better....still feels really weird!


I thought I'd put some of Brooklyn on here too.

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Carter and Brooklyn

Lately Carter has really wanted to hold Brooklyn a lot! He'll sit by me or come find me and say "baby lap" and pat his knees. So I decided today I'd get some pics of it.


Carter was talking to her in his english/giberish language.



Carter loves Brookie's binki. I'll find her binkis hidden in his little car that he rides.


I was telling Carter to give her a kiss, instead he opted to blow her a kiss.

sick days

My two kiddies are down for naps and so I thought I'd try to post a little something quickly as I have lots of other things to do, but it's nice to sometimes sit down take a breather and write about our past few days. Carter has seemed to catch a cold. I think it's a combination of teething and a cold so he's been a little grumpy lately. Brent has been hard at work with a seminar they've been doing this weekend and so he's been gone a lot making it even harder for Carter. So yesterday I decided to make some play-doh, since I didn't want to brave it going out to the store. Carter loved helping make the play-doh, I think more than he liked playing with it. Since I didn't go to the store his toys were limited with the play-doh. The cookie cutters and tupperware only lasted so long. I was in the bathroom cleaning when I hear him yelling "ooray, ready, set, GO.......ooray!" I peeked around the corner to see him rolling up little balls of play-doh and throwing them as far as his arm could throw. Being that they were balls and it was entertaining and I was getting some cleaning done I continued to just let him go for it, and not see me so that he didn't know that I was ok with it.
Today he had a real hard morning, so after helping him through lots of fits, I figured we just needed to get out of the house. So we ventured to "donalds" (McDonalds) for some "icken nuggets" and "milt". Then we were off to the park. For any of you moms or soon to be moms I highly recommend Hotslings, and the sit-and stand stroller. If you have one baby the hotslings is awesome. Brooklyn loves being in it and it keeps her completely out of the sun and allows me to help Carter, plus as she gets bigger she can stay in it for up to 30 lbs (no way I'd be packing around a 30lb kid though). As for the stoller Brooklyn's carseat just snaps right in the front or when she gets bigger she can just go right in and in the back Carter can sit or stand. I can even buckle him in if I want. He loves this!!! He totally thinks it's the coolest thing and begs to go for a "ride"! So now we are home and I'm enjoying a nice quiet afternoon.
Brooklyn is a great baby and is growing so much. She loves eating, sleeping and wetting her diaper. She's not too keen about pooping. Crazy girl....I know she knows how as she pooped inside me and then pooped like crazy her first week alive. Now she's stopped and no, she's not constipated as that means hard stools. They are soft and completely normal she just won't push them out. Our pediatrician did a rectal to make sure everything was normal and it is.....so we just have to give her a suppository every 48 hours and for the next 2 weeks keep a record of her poops and then we'll re-evaluate and see if there is something else we can do. So I just pray that she'll get it back together and start pooping on her own. Never in my life did I think I'd be so happy to see a ton of yellow mustard up my baby's back. She is actually smiling at us. Really she is...it's not gas. When I talk in a high pitched voice and she is wide awake and alert she'll give me some good smiles. It's amazing what little smiles can do for someone. Carter is wanting to hold her lots and tickle her toes and every time she sneezes or toots he says "cuse you baby.....ewe"
Well I better be going this is getting way too long. I'll try to post some recent pix of the kids a little later. Love to all.