Diaper Rash!?!?!?!

Any ideas on how to treat real, red, inflamed diaper rash? Evan is miserable. He has never even had a red behind until now. It started Tuesday when he must have woken up in the early morning for his morning poo, then fell back to sleep, because I found a mess when he woke me up in the morning at 7:30a. It seemed to have been there for awhile. He's never done this before. He has had problems with yeast down there, which yes, little boys still deal with as well because it also lives in poo. This started as a yeast infection and I think it is now just a plain old diaper rash. His problem with yeast always started in the places that no longer exist because of his circumcision, but now it started from this one time waking up in the morning, sitting who knows how long in his poo. I already feel like a bad mom for lots of things, then I go and let this happen. I'm not sure exactly how I could have prevented it, but that's good ol' "Mom guilt" for you.
Ideas would be great!!

Christmas is coming soon!

Up on hands and knees!
Now, since he can crawl, he pulls himself up on everything!

This is one of his favorite places to pull himself up...the edge of the couch. He loves to sit on his knees, which he is in the process of doing right here.

He started crawling and finally got his 2nd tooth (1st one came in over two months ago!) on December 6th. Since then, he's gotten the rest of his teeth that come at this time...he has cut 5 teeth in a matter of two weeks!! He's done so much in the last two weeks for us to be proud of...crawling, tons of teeth, pulling himself up, cruising, and trying to let go of whatever he's holding onto when standing! He's a man now, not my little baby :(

We wish everyone a very merry Christmas! We will have a busy Christmas extended weekend, as we will attend one family Christmas gathering every day starting with Christmas morning and ending Sunday evening. No complaints, however, because we're eager to visit with family we don't see everyday. And we will miss Sheila and John, Paul's mom and stepdad, as they are in sunny Florida. Yesterday Huntington was -3 degrees. Florida was 73. This injustice has no words fit to describe it.


Here's a few pictures to enjoy of Evan...I'm sure Christmas weekend will provide plenty of opportunities for photo shoots, to add to the blog.

Surgery

Evan's surgery went really well. He didn't cry like they said he would coming out of the anesthetic, as I guess some kids really let loose. He was just himself! And, before the surgery, when they took him away, I was perfectly calm. I had thought and thought about that moment and got all upset nearly every time I thought about it. But the nurses and staff were all great, answering my questions and informing us about what was going to be done. And, when the nurse who would be attending the surgery came for him, he grinned at us, over her shoulder, all the way down the hallway. We dressed him in the little booties, and they even had an Evan-sized hospital gown, open in the back, of course! I found myself wishing I had a camera. Who wants to commemorate their infant son's surgery? Don't know what's wrong with me...

So, our crawling, two-tooth wonder (one top and one bottom...he definitely does things his own way) is slightly fussy and doesn't quite know what he wants at this moment as I write. He's watching a movie, and just might get to do so most of the day. His mom and dad, having gotten up at 2:45am to be in Indy by 5:30am, are anxiously awaiting their saviour, Grandma Rhonda, to arrive and allow some naptime!!!

Crawling!!!

Evan is crawling and is so excited to show it off!! Sometimes, he is so excited to be mobile that you can see his legs go faster than his arms. Funny!

I'm going to try to post a video. We'll see how that works out!

This is also the eve of his surgery...his "little boy" surgery. He is being circumcised tomorrow, very early in the morning, in Indy. We have to go to Indy because the pediatric urologist does not do surgeries here in Ft. Wayne because they do not employ pediatric anesthesiologists. And that is fine with me! We want him to have as little as possible, as we do not want him intubated (with a tube down his throat helping him breathe) because of the damage that has already been done to his trachea and vocal chords. If they do have to use more than a facemask or oxygen, they will use something different than the ET tube, and it will only go through his vocal chords and not down his trachea.

Anyhow, updates are sure to follow!



Pay no attention to the fussing baby in the background...it is Lucas. He was getting hungry.