First Snow

One of the most peaceful moments with my little bear was today as we were waiting for the El on our way home from the pedi's office. Evan and I stood cuddled together as the large graceful snowflakes floated in the air all around us. I was in heaven for the moment. Watching E take in his first snow was truly an experience. All the joys of experiencing the 'firsts' are more meaningful than anything in my world. I guess that's because he is now my world :0)

On a completely different note...E has a terrible diaper rash and diarrhea. It started a couple nights ago. He woke up crying at 3 in the morning. He had pooped in his diaper and that's when I found the diarrhea and rash. He was raw red. I called in to the pedi's office and they suggested using a combination of neosporin, cornstarch, and desitin. She also suggested following the B.R.A.T. diet, bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast in addition to changing his formula from a milk based to a lactose free or soy based formula. We followed their suggestions but this morning the rash appeared worse, so we hit up the ped's office to have them check it out. It turns out he has a fungal rash and we will have to use lotrimin (sp?) and desitin with A&D. Hoping this will go away in 3-5 days like they said. If not, we'll be in the office on Monday for E's 9 month check up and shots. I feel so bad for the little guy, but it explains why he was becoming fussy early this week and why he still is. Praying it goes away fast!