Vaseline

What is it with my kid and Vaseline?

The kid has had a pretty bad diaper rash for the past few days. Diaper rashes are a constant thing with him, 99.9% of them tend to be acid burns (like foods he eat don't agree with him). I always have Vaseline on hand, ready to go at a moment's notice. I think the stuff is amazing, plus he's allergic to all the other helps out there.

Anyways, on more than one occasion, my son has gotten into the Vaseline and has had a party. It's sooo obnoxious! I don't know what's so enticing to him, is it the lid, is it the Vaseline itself? I have no idea what intrigues him so.

This morning, it happened again. Let me just say right now, I am NOT IN THE MOOD! I wanted to bathe him in our bathroom, but it's being occupied by three teenaged girls. I knew that it would be a while, but in the middle of our wait (they're still not out of the bathroom by the way) he decided to have a Vaseline Party. That stuff is so nasty to try to get off things that it should not be on. What was I supposed to do? The other tub is so nasty that I'm afraid of catching various gross diseases. Seriously, If the kid sits down, I'm afraid his penis will fall off, it's that nasty. So I did what any person would do, I made him stand... I have priorities here. My plan is to one day hand my grand children Vaseline as payback, in order to do this, my little man needs his manly parts.

That was one bath that I think was pretty scarring. I don't know why. Maybe it was the standing. Maybe it was too warm for him. Maybe it was the type of shampoo we had to use. Or maybe it was the simple fact that I talked over and over again about how unhappy I was with him for doing this. I doubt this will have a lasting effect on him and curb his Vaseline party interests in the future, but I can hope, right?

Moral of the story: Don't leave Vaseline around a child. Also, smack whoever left the Vaseline out in the first place!