7QT: Running, Kids Say the Darndest, and DIY Diaper Cream

28 March 2014

- 1 -
Thanks for the encouragement on Wednesday's post. The succulents I planted are still alive which is impressive in this house. I tend to kill succulents faster than they would die naturally if you dumped them out.

- 2 -
I've finally gotten my jog back on. I want to train for the Congress Avenue Mile in Austin, but I tend to get injured whenever I train for races. I can jog and jog and jog but as soon as I think the words "training plan," I swear an old injury will start twinging.

Kallah posted her injury proof running plan. For my runner readers (especially those with experience jumping back into running postpartum): what do you do to avoid injury?

- 3 -
Jake is seeming so much older to me. I suppose having a second baby will do that to a mother.


The other day he was outside arguing with his imaginary friend about who's turn it was.

When I hug him, he's taken to patting my head and saying: "You're a good girl, mama."

He fake laughs a lot, basically whenever we laugh about something he fake laughs and then asks, "Excuse me, Papa, why is that funny?"

I can't tell if this means he's destined for comedy or decidedly NOT destined for comedy.

- 4 -
But older seeming or not he still mispronounces things - and mispronunciations are among the best parts of parenting.

And though it's been a long time since we've used "bluebabies" or "strawbabies" in our fruit smoothies, and "roghut" may now be a more correct if laborious "yooohgerrt," no, Jake, this is Mass, this is not a "bathtizing."

- 5 -
Lucy June is ever still a mama's girl. This is still the best and worst thing about my life.


I suppose that's why God made every phase of parenting so temporary.

- 6 -
We're about to run out of my favorite diaper cream
I got outfitted with it via baby showers when Jake was born and I LOVE it, but now that I need to replace it, I'm royally balking at the price. $9.00 an ounce!?! That's like $4.50 per tablespoon!?

I'm a bit of a DIY for better or worse type, so I thought I'd give it a try.

The two main ingredients are olive oil and beeswax, and since my babies really aren't that rashy, I decided to make do with just those two and skip the fancy calendula-type stuff. I didn't intend to make very much of it, but my ratio was very off at the beginning, and as I attempted to save my efforts, my batch kept getting bigger and bigger until I had a cup and a half of the stuff.

My rookie efforts were pretty messy. Simply melting the ingredients together didn't get me the consistency I wanted, so I kept graduating my mixing tools from spoon to fork to whisk to immersion blender. Ultimately, I was left with a usable product that seems like it will work almost as well my beloved diaper cream...and enough of it to last until Lucy June turns 12.

- 7 -
The experience prompted the age old question:

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6 comments :

  1. If I had a nickel for every time I've wanted to my my own diaper cream yet never actually accomplished it I'd be a rich woman! If you make some let us know. And omigoodness their precious blue eyes make me melt!

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  2. Oh hey thanks for the shoutout!
    Hows that Duallie treating you so far? :)
    Jake is looking decidedly older. And I'm glad to know my 3 year old isn't the only toddler harboring well-meaning condescension. Will's thing lately is, "Mommy, I'm so PROUD of you for pooping in the potty."

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  3. I've seen a recipe online somewhere for diaper cream with coconut oil.

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  4. ugh I've tried to re-enter the running world after every pregnancy, only to be roundly rebuffed by … another pregnancy. My body is too loose and wiggly (ew) until about 6 months pp, and then I seem to have a whopping 12 weeks to get back into running shape, run approximately 4 miles in one go, and then promptly produce another plus sign. I'm hoping for a longer break this time around so that I can get my mileage up a little higher, but I'm also prepared for the reality that running just might not be my thing anymore, which makes me kind of sad. Just be sure you stretch a lot, maybe try wearing some compression stuff to protect your abs if they're still stretched out, and probably buy new shoes. I always blow out my running shoes when I'm pregnant, even if I'm just walking very slowly… :)

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  5. Thanks for finding me via 7QT! You have the cutest little fam! Your DIY doesn't look too bad! Hope it works as well as that expensive stuff! :) If it does, you'll have to figure out what proportions you used and share that secret recipe!

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  6. I got the giggles in Mass this morning and immediately thought of you. I was concentrating on the homily, but I can multi task(!!!) and there were happy little people all around entertaining themselves. One had a bag of grapes, one had a biscuit, 2 had plastic animals, another had a book and the gong went to the kid with the kitchen tongs! Whatever it takes!!!

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