My daughter has the worst case of diaper rash right now. I was thinking it was some little pasta I gave her the other night that had a bit of garlic powder mixed in, but now I'm not so sure. Otherwise, her diet didn't include anything abnormal. The only other thing that was different was some time spent in Little Swimmers for a few days in a row. Perhaps they helped hold water near her butt more than a diaper typically does. I don't know.
I've been slathering on the Balmex, and so have her teachers at "school." I wanted to get her a really good soak in the tub, but as you may recall, she's only been standing in the tub for a few weeks now. If we tried to make her sit, she'd scream. She's enjoyed the bath crayons, but they didn't make her want to sit.
Last night, in an act of desperation, I opened a new toy I bought last week to have around in case I needed it. The toy, Tomy's Preschool Bath Toy Water Symphony, is a group of colored dolphins who can sit in little inner tubes. The tubes can hook together so you have your dolphins in a nice little circle. It says if you tap the dolphins on the head, you'll hear a note. I found it worked better if I picked the dolphin up and placed its tail in the water. Each dolphin makes a different note on an eight-note scale.
Autumn loved it. She started imitating the dolphins by making a high-pitched noise herself. She'd dunk the dolphins under water (in which case they wouldn't make a note, but would make bubbles and fill up with water.) She sat on her knees the whole time and when she did go to stand, I told her she had to sit or Mommy would put the dolphins away. So she sat back down. Yippee!
The best part about this toy is that no batteries are required. The notes play just because of the way the little dolphins are designed. I bought ours at Toys R Us for less than $13, so it's not a bad deal.
Autumn stayed, sitting, in the tub for a half hour. It probably would have been longer, but she then pooped a little. Needless to say, at that moment the fun was done.