Review: Easing Your Baby’s Sore Butt with Boudreaux’s Butt Paste
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Boudreaux’s Butt Paste. All opinions are 100% mine.
I can’t help but be relieved that my daughter is potty trained and no longer suffering from the horrors of diaper rash. As a baby she was in pain all the time and it seemed like nothing would work. We tried everything from home remedies to a number of various products sold in drugstores. At one point we even attempted to go diaper-less all day and all night. As you can imagine it was one disaster after another.
After about the 9th visit to the Pediatrician she recommended Boudreaux’s Butt Paste (you can get a free sample). I’m sure that she could tell the my husband and I were unbelievably stressed about these rashes. At first I was very hesitant to try it because worried about using products with boric acid in them and at that point we had tried so many products. However, after asking practically every doctor in the practice as well as my mother who has been a RN for years if it would be OK, I agreed to use it- but only at night.
Truthfully, that really was all we needed because she was in her diaper the longest at night. The thick paste was perfect for preventing any additional irritation. Using Butt Paste at night and exposure to air as much as possible during the day became our go to remedy. And while I know I will use cloth diapers if I have any more children, I will always keep a tube of Butt Paste on hand just in case.
How I Learned to Go With My Gut
Originally posted at Minti.com
My daughter is 2 now and every day, while I am putting her to bed for the night, I thank the universe for schedules. I had my daughter in 2006 during my second year teaching in a very high needs school. I was going to graduate school at night and my husband worked the overnight shift. At times, life was very stressful. And while my daughter was a good sleeper from the start (meaning she slept like a normal baby) eventually, we realized that nothing good could last forever. Lo and behold, she began a 7:00 PM witching hour that seemed to last forever.
One night after crying hysterically because she would not sleep, I realized something: iif 7 PM was her witching hour, then she needed to be put to sleep before that. If we never made it to 7, then her witching hour would not exist. It sounded logical, but sometimes, logical is not always right. I put her to bed at 6:45 PM but at 7 she was up and screaming. What the heck is wrong?
Then it suddenly occurred to me that she needed to be in a DEEP sleep at 7. So the next night I put her to bed at 5:45 pm. I had a killer paper to write and she needed to sleep so that I could work. I went out into the living room and started my paper. I looked up at the clock and it was 6:58 PM. I held my breath think that this was the make or break point. At 7:00 PM she stirred a little, but she did not wake up. I stood outside her door for almost an hour and she did budge. I continued this routine for a week thinking that it… Continue reading