hey y'all!
as you can tell, baby hb hasn't been put on this blog. hb & i actually try to limit putting her picture up on any social media sites, but then i think...are we just postponing the invetitable?
every day, in some way, i'm sure baby hb is being photographed/videoed - in public spaces, to some extent we all are. big brother is always watching right?
i'm always conflicted...how do i know that her picture isn't up on someone's facebook page when we all happened to be at a lacrosse game and a friend of a friend took the picture? what will we do when she attends a birthday party and a parent takes a picture of her? or what if a parent wants to put a class picture up? it's one of those things that i struggle with because if some random person has it up, then why can't we allow those that love us to put pictures up? so far, our friends and family have been so respectful of our wishes, but is it asking too much?
thoughts??
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
diaper rash remedies
hey y'all!
baby hb had a mean case of diaper rash last week, and i searched and asked any moms i knew what i could do to get rid of it.
the pediatrician and probably a lot on online sources will recommend saturating your baby wipes with water and then patting the bum area clean, drying the bum area and then applying a zinc oxide paste. this worked well for us until last week when she had to be changed constantly.
at daycare, they don't have the time to follow the steps above, so here's what we did that helped:
1. mylanta & corn starch: saturate a cotton ball with mylanta - make sure the bum area is completely covered in mylanta; this helps soothe the area. next, cover the area with a nice coat of corn starch - what you would use for cooking. baby hb could not even bear to be wiped down there until we used this.
2. a & d diaper rash treatment: this continues to help baby hb. the rash has cleared up and she's back at daycare.
one thing that we did and i recommend you do if you can is to keep your baby home and wash the area in the tub with soap and water everytime she would need a change. we let her bum air dry and i believe it helped her so much!
baby hb had a mean case of diaper rash last week, and i searched and asked any moms i knew what i could do to get rid of it.
the pediatrician and probably a lot on online sources will recommend saturating your baby wipes with water and then patting the bum area clean, drying the bum area and then applying a zinc oxide paste. this worked well for us until last week when she had to be changed constantly.
at daycare, they don't have the time to follow the steps above, so here's what we did that helped:
1. mylanta & corn starch: saturate a cotton ball with mylanta - make sure the bum area is completely covered in mylanta; this helps soothe the area. next, cover the area with a nice coat of corn starch - what you would use for cooking. baby hb could not even bear to be wiped down there until we used this.
2. a & d diaper rash treatment: this continues to help baby hb. the rash has cleared up and she's back at daycare.
one thing that we did and i recommend you do if you can is to keep your baby home and wash the area in the tub with soap and water everytime she would need a change. we let her bum air dry and i believe it helped her so much!
Monday, September 16, 2013
update
hey y'all!
i'm alive and well. since i've stopped blogging, i've had a baby! baby hb is almost 1! i'm going to try to post ideas and tips that i've picked up along the way. hopefully reference for those that are asking questions about what to do.
i'm alive and well. since i've stopped blogging, i've had a baby! baby hb is almost 1! i'm going to try to post ideas and tips that i've picked up along the way. hopefully reference for those that are asking questions about what to do.
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