Ol' Reliable

I don't know why I bother trying things that don't work. Over and over again. Maybe we're just so programmed into thinking that certain things work, when we go outside those lines it's like "Whoa, whoa there, missy."

With the ridiculous heat we've been having (100+ every day) combined with a baby who wears a diaper, rashes happen. They happen LESS in cloth, but they do happen. So I am working on one particularly nasty one now. I bought some trial gDiapers for our trip to Oklahoma (love them!) and so I thought, "Hey! I have these sort-of disposables! I am going to put her in them and SLATHER the diaper rash cream on her! That'll fix it!"

Hah. HAH, I tell you!

We were out and about yesterday and all I had in the diaper bag was my little container of cornstarch. What the heck, it's all I have. So I patted her with it and the next time I changed her diaper the rash was remarkably better. The diaper cream (Desitin? Balmex? Target brand? I can't remember!) barely touched it, and yet the old school remedy helped.

This should be no surprise to me, really. It's what cured her last rash, too. And yet Stupid Idiot Robot Lynn felt the need to fall into the Programmed Baby Crap marketing hype. Bad, bad Lynn!

So, powdering her all day has significantly cleared her rash, and it's safe for cloth diapers which are better for rashes anyway.

In other news, her VCUG was today! Other than being 45 minutes late (I really, really hate the Medical Center. How many Methodist-labeled things can there possibly be? At least three, I can tell you from experience!) it went swimmingly well.

We go into the x-ray room and they have me undress her and put this adorable little, tiny hospital gown on her. With Syd she was just naked with a receiving blanket over her, so that was a nice little perk. The doctor comes in and starts to tell me the procedure, then takes a look at our orders.

"Wait, do you already know she has reflux?"

I explain to him that Big Sister had it, Grade III and that it self-resolved around 18-months to 2-years. "Aaahhhh. Yes, good to check it out then. Although literature will vary on how often it occurs, some say 20% more likely, some say 40% more likely... but it's one of those things that's best to catch early before any scarring happens."

That was my thinking, too, Doc.

"So you see Dr. B, hmm? Well, your girls see Dr. B, I mean."

"Yeah, we really like her."

"I do, too. That's who my youngsters see."

Now, he might tell all his patients that, but it sure does kind of make you feel good that a doctor takes his kids to see your pediatrician.

He goes on briefly go over the procedure, since I'd already been through it before. "I do also want to let you know that I am, by certification, a pediatric radiologist. I do VCUG's every day, sometimes eight times a day. We will get this over with as quickly as possible, okay, Mom?"

"Done! Go!"

And boy, he wasn't lying. Cameron was a real trouper - she cried a little with the catheter insertion (I would, too!) and then cried at the peak of the solution balloon, but she did AWESOME!

And best of all, she has NO evidence of reflux! Which means that Baby v.2 has been upgraded and improved! One less thing to have to worry about... she doesn't have it now, and she won't have it.

So, we cleaned her up (iodine everywhere - thankfully it wasn't on her that long so it didn't stain her skin!) and headed home. And holy smokes, her ankle tag said that she is 4 months, 15 days old. FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS. *gasp*

Then this evening, I was bathing her (because who doesn't want to be bathed after being coated in iodine?? Yuck!) and she started making that face.

That face.

That one that says she is getting ready to poo.

Maybe it's just gas, I tell myself. She's fooled me all day with gas.

Nope. Quick! Get her out of the tub!

Uh! What do I DO with her?? That face is getting rather red!!

There is a toilet right behind me!!

So, my little four-and-a-half month old daughter pooped in the potty this evening. Got most of it in, too. If it hadn't been for my idiotic hesitation, she probably would have gotten it all in there.

And then Jarrod commented, mid-excretion, waving his hand in front of his face, "Hey, Courtesy Flush, please!! Gah!!"

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[Grandma]

Way to go Cameron you want out of those diapers already. These are great girls!!!!