Butt Paste

I read a lot of books when I found out I was pregnant. The What to Expect Series, the more humorous Girlfriend's Guide, Ina May, How to Write a Birth Plan, just to name a few. I poured over information on the Internet (always checking with my amazing friends, Joanna and Lisa-who happen to be doctors- if something seemed off). However, nothing could have prepared me for last night. I was giving Shannon her bedtime bath and her bottom looked a little red. So I did what I normally do and reached for the Butt Paste and slathered it on. She started to get fussy and I realized she was super tired despite it only being 6:10pm. I quickly diapered and dressed her and we headed straight to the rocking chair. She was drowsy in about 5 minutes so I put her in her crib, turned out the light, and left the room. I should have gone straight to bed myself since I had been up since 5:45am and the day had included a fast 30 mile bike ride. Instead I rubbed my eyes and decided to stick it out since the Chastains were over for dinner.
Did anyone catch the issue here? Yes, I SLATHERED Butt Paste on my baby's butt and did not wash my hands before rubbing my tired eyes. I had given her a bath so I wasn't thinking about washing my hands like I do the other hundred times a day. All through dinner I couldn't figure out why my eye was red, itchy, dry, and causing me to see white halos around lights. I started to get worried because it wasn't getting any better so I started washing my eye out with water, like we do with kids in the chemistry lab when a chemical splashes in their face. After each wash my eye would dry out again but finally, after about 10 minutes of continuous washing, I noticed a white gooey substance in my eyelashes. Hmmmm I thought....Butt Paste! No wonder my eye was so dry! Throughout the night little globs of the stuff migrated to the corner of my eye for me to remove. I was ok by morning as all the Butt Paste seemed to be gone but be warned, no book or Internet article about having a baby will prepare you for getting Butt Paste in your eye.
Here are some pictures from recent weeks. We have been having so much fun blowing raspberries on her tummy and hearing her giggle. Each morning we go into her room and she gives us huge smiles. She's also holding her head up all the way (has been since about two months) and is very intent when she watches what's going on around her. Oh, and she is sleeping through the night (for the most part) so Eric and I are a little less sleep deprived these days.


She holds onto us tight as she soothes herself to sleep. Once she's in her own crib she holds an imaginary hand. It's really sweet.

This is in the morning. She is so animated and happy when she wakes up, even if we aren't quite awake yet.

Shannon loves her daddy. Eric is amazing with her and is the one who gets up to check on her if she wakes at night. Usually all he has to do is put the pacifier back in her mouth and she drifts right back to sleep. She's an amazing baby.

She is quite the talker and I caught her talking to me in this photo.
Here she is live (14 weeks old tomorrow). I accidentally stopped recording a few seconds early but you get the idea. She's been doing this since right before she turned 2 months old but this is the first time I caught it on video.