A Poopy Day
We are having one of those days here… the kind where everything is just a big friggin disaster. So far today I have had the toilet lid smacked into me (while I was peeing); the cat fell on me and scratched my arm all up (while I was peeing! Apparently peeing is dangerous in this house?) – it stung all day, too; my finger was bit (by the baby – not too hard, but enough for me to say, “Ow! What the heck?!”); Kate has been whining and crying, “Mamamama” all day, no matter what I do; Kate also has a diaper rash that just won’t go away; and I got my period and have bitching cramps. Oh, and Den is working all weekend! The biting, whining, and diaper rash are due to teething. The cat, however, is just an asshole. An asshole who has no friggin’ balance and sharp claws.
I’ve been trying to let Kate go diaper-less to try to let her poor diaper rash dry out a bit, but that is biting me in the ass. I figured she’d pee somewhere, but at least she’d already pooped twice this morning. I hear sprinkling sounds and I look over to see that she had just pulled my phone off the end table and then let loose. Yes. My child peed on my phone What the hell? (I think it’s fine, she didn’t pee directly on it at least…. just a lot of splashing.) After I got her cleaned up from that she nurses and then pees on the carpet. Got that cleaned up and I hear a grunt, look over and she’s pooping on the floor. On the hardwood, thank the light. Back into the shower she goes. A few minutes later I spy poop on the carpet. How is this ever going to dry out if she keeps having to get washed down? No wonder she’s rashy. Diaper goes back on.
I just went to grab one of her toys off the floor of the bathroom and put my hand in another pile of poo. How many times did she go in a short span of diaperless-ness?!?!? That’s it, I’m going to bed.
Sorry to hear about Kate’s diaper rash. It sounds awful! When my daughter had a persistent diaper rash that would not clear up, her pediatrician prescribed Vusion ointment. OMG, that stuff is a miracle. When every other natural and OTC remedy had failed, this stuff cleared up her rash instantly. Hopefully a little diaper-free time will work its magic, but if not, ask Kate’d pediatrician about the Vusion ointment. Well worth the cost! Good luck.
This is pretty funny (because it’s not happening to me, I think). I was going to go online and write about the crappy day *I’m* having, but I think yours takes the cake! I hope today is better for you.
You can try leaving her in just cotton prefolds with no cover, or with a wool cover..lots of breathability, but it soaks in the bulk of the wetness and you can tell when she’s wet immediately to change her.
Brilliant!! I forgot all about that. That would solve both of my problems. As long as she leaves the snappi alone…. I may need to invest in some pins.
I’m sure you’re getting plenty of diaper rash advice (that you didn’t ask for, lol) but I have to tell you about the stuff that changed my life. Willow would get awful, raw, red, open-wound looking diaper rashes. Google “browned flour”. It sounds crazy but it is the ONLY thing that cleared her up.
Aquaphor for diaper rash works wonders. If there is a chance it is a yeast based diaper rash (my daughter got those with cloth diapers) Lotrimin or its generic equivalent will clear it up in no time.
What Laura said about the Lotrimin. In my experience, if the diaper rash won’t go away it’s turned into a yeast infection. Lotrimin clears it up in a day.