Sunny 9 for 2005 November 7

So, lately I was faced with one of the grossest things a parent may have to deal with while rearing children. I think I have mentioned here that Lily has had diaper rash, in fact she has had it for over two weeks now. (You know where this story is going.) I don't know why, but it is taking forever to heal, and one of the many annoyances diarrhea has is that every morning she has a nice load in her pants when I come to get her out of bed. The fact that I have to change it along with 4 more diapers a day is torture, but I also have to get up and get her at the first signs of her awakening for fear her diaper rash will get worse if left unattended to. (I usually get her when she starts whining and crying, and leave her to play and talk to herself if she is happy so I can sleep more.)

Sooo, the other morning I went to get her, and the day before that she had a cold, so when I opened the door and saw a "dried booger" on her cheek, I figured she wiped her hand across her nose and face and a booger got stuck. Wrong. Dead. Wrong. Upon closer examination she seemed to have crusty "boogers" all in her bangs until it hit me. Those aren't boogers. It was poop. Smeared all over. Everywhere. On her face, hair, hands, legs, feet, blankey, sheets, crib, and lamb. Somehow she had unbuttoned her sleeper, taken her legs out of it, and taken off her diaper. And who knows what else transpired between that time and me going in to get her. Uhhh, I was horrified crying out to Aaron to 'come see this'. I picked her up holding her out arm's distance from me and put her in the tub and started running water. I couldn't just start a bath and let her bathe in the dirty water. I had to at least scrap most of it off so it wasn't floating around.

All during this time Lily was just looking at me like "Was it something I said? What guys, do I had food in my teeth, WHAT?" Poor little baby. Her room still smells like disinfectant Lysol because I got a little crazy in there. I hope this never happens again, mainly because I don't like to see one of my babies sleeping in pooh and seeing how pathetic and helpless they are.