Happy New Year!

Last night Lauren stayed up to ring in the new year.....ok, so I'm fibbing. We all stayed up to 9 p.m. and helped the East Coast ring in the New Year (I love satellite television). She watched the craziness in New York, danced to New York, New York by Frank Sinatra and was in bed by 9:30 p.m. Daddy and I weren't far behind.....real party poopers we were. I woke up at 11:59 to hear some neighbors shouting the countdown. Then there were some fireworks. But Daddy and Lauren just snored right through them!

So Lauren woke up at 2:30 a.m. this morning screaming. At first we thought it was her teeth, then a night terror. But no, it's her diaper rash. I guess you need the entire story. The evening of the 30th Daddy wanted a back rub, so Lauren and I got out the massage oil stuff and Lauren walked on Daddy's back and helped mommy massage a shoulder knot he had. Well, mommy forgot about the bottle and of course since she forgot about the bottle, she also forgot to put the lid on it. Pretty soon we find Lauren dumping it all over the carpet.....and has ingested some. Sooooo, needless to say I called Poison Control. I really thought I was going to be that one parent that never has to call. The lady was very nice and just told me to rinse out her mouth and make sure she drinks lots of water. Thank goodness it was "all natural" from Bath and Body. The lady was also impressed that she was wiping her own mouth out with her hand, because typically they don't think stuff tastes bad until 5 years old. (Not our girl.....damned overachiever!)

So to get to the diaper rash. What goes in...must come out. And it's an oil. And trust me it ALL came out. Which in turn made her little bottom a red rash nightmare! She would BAWL any time she peed just a little. Poor thing. But we are on the mend today. What a way to ring in 2010!