Sunday, January 3, 2010

First official bath, Nana's Blankie & OPRAH onsie!

We gave Jarrett his first official bath in his little whale tub. He was not to happy! But, once he got out he was fine. I feel so sorry for our little man b/c he has quite a bit of diaper rash. We have been using powder & putting Butt Paste on his tooshie & I hope it heals up soon. It looks like it hurts so bad! If it's not better by Monday, I'm going to ask the pediatrician at his appointment what we should do & maybe she'll prescribe something. Do ya'll have any other suggestions on what to do about diaper rash?




Poor little tooshie!


My mom knitted Jarrett a beautiful red blankie to match his nursery. We had him cuddled up in it tonight & I wanted to post a few pictures of him wrapped up in Nana's blanket. He loves it Nana! Thank you so much :)






And, I also want to thank a dear friend Lisa Piggee that Becky & I used to work with. She moved to Chicago a while back & she know's Becky & I love Oprah! She sent the sweetest card, an Oprah onsie & a the softest little Oprah socks. Here is Jarrett sporting his Oprah gear:


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12 comments:

  1. I heard that cornstarch works better than baby powder. Also, Butt Paste is the greatest diaper cream! Good luck and your baby boy is SO handsome!

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  2. Hi Bonnie--
    Love the pictures :)
    Sorry to hear Jarrett has diaper rash. Back in Ohio (where we lived when Jeven was a baby) her Dr. recommended something that the pharmacies had there. It was not a presription but they made it there. It was a mixture of Maalox and Aquaphor. Sounds weird I know, but it was the best lotion/creme ever made and worked wonders for diaper rash. Not sure if pharmacies have it here, but it's worth a try to maybe ask.

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  3. PS-after I left the first comment, I went and "googled" Maalox and Aquaphor and quite a few things came up. Might want to try that :)

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  4. I have a suggestion with bath time. When Logan was little my husband gave all the baths (since I nursed he wanted to be able to give the baths for his time alone with him) but I remember he use to get a wash cloth wet and put it on him to cover his chest so he stayed warm. Try that. Perhaps he is only crying because he is cold. I think he looks just like daddy! Give him a squeeze me.

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  5. Just found your blog. With the diaper rash we found with our 8 week old that one brand of diapers always irritates him and if you are breastfeeding try staying away from things that are high in acidity for a few days. Once I did that his hiney was as good as new.

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  6. Bless his poor little bottom!
    I heard that breast fed babies didn't get rashes..hmm..guess that's wrong!

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  7. We always used A&D ointment on my son. It's nice because it's not pasty and it smells good. I've also heard others recommend Udder Cream that you get from a vet. Some of my friends swore by it and their daughter got awful rashes and it cleared them right up. Good luck!

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  8. He is SO tiny! I can't even remember what that was like hardly. *sob* We didn't have trouble with rashes until my DS quit nursing. I've found one of the best remedies is to just let them air dry. With every diaper change I rinse his bottom off under the faucet, and just let him air out for a bit. It has made for some interesting accidents *ahem* but they clear right up! I also implemented a probiotic into his diet and that has really helped. Good luck!

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  9. When Sylvie had a diaper rash, I found that instead of using baby wipes, I used bounty paper towels with water because baby wipes have alcohol and it irritated her tushie! May wanna try that if you can. (make sure its a soft paper towel like bounce or something though, not the scratchy kind. FYI, he is beautiful!!! Congrats!

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  10. Let Jarrett lie around without a diaper for about an hour. You can lay him on a diaper, just keep the diaper open so his rash will get air on it. It should really help. We've had to do that with Jasmine several times and it works like a charm. The air dries it out.

    Something else that we do is switch between Butt Paste & Desitin. If we use the same cream it doesn't work as well as when we switch off between two.

    I hope his rash heals up quickly! I know they're painful and look awful too.

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  11. My daughter gets diaper rash with huggies because they don't wisk away moisture like pampers. I always use Burts Bees baby powder because it is corn starch based. Poor little guy! How are you doing as a new mommy? So many changes! Blessed but big!

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  12. So sorry about his toosh:( His hair looks strawberry blond from the back! Too cute!

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