I'm not sure what's going on but in the last 2 1/2 days Mr. Tyke has had over half a dozen blow outs. Bad blow outs. Smelly blow outs. I am getting tired of cleaning messy clothes. A couple I have just tossed in the garbage. I have a new best friend in the laundry room, OxyClean! Tonight I get to attempt to tear his new car seat apart and wash it.
Yesterday Tyke got his first sore bottom ever! I think maybe I jinxed things by thinking: "Gosh, we've done good so far! Eight months old and never a sunburn or sore bottom!" Bam! Here it is! It looked terrible yesterday but quite a bit better today. It didn't seem to phase Tyke at all. I thought for sure he would scream when I changed him. Instead he just grinned his happy grin and tried to squirm away. I lathered him up in Desitin, wrapped him up in a blanket and let him lay diaper free for a few hours. He was confused at first but enjoyed it! I was nervous about having more messes to clean up but we had none at all.
I've narrowed this problem down to three possible reasons:
1- I ate some spicy Chinese food Friday night, wondering if that has had any effect? (for the record, I did pump and dump to try and avoid any problems)
2- We've moved Tyke into size 3 diapers. They fit great around the waist but baggy on the bum.
3- Teething maybe? He's been slobbering a lot more than usual and I've heard that a sore bottom and blow outs usually go hand in hand with it. I can't feel any bumps in his mouth and I can't see any white spots, so I have no clue.
Whatever it is, I hope it ends soon! For both of our sake (his poor bum and my laundry pile!)
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