Mischief

AB is now in a "big girl" bed. She has only fallen off of it once (ironically the evening we took away the pillows on the floor by her bed to soften a fall), and she acts as if she has always had a bed like this - like it is not something new. Someday I will post a picture of it, but if you are really interested in what bed she is sleeping in, it is a white Ikea daybed from the Hemnes line.


Anyways, as we predicted the major issue with having a big girl bed is the freedom to get in and out of her bed. Usually she gets herself in trouble playing with her toys or trying to read to herself out loud in the dark, but on Thursday she got herself in a different kind of mess. AB has a bit of a problem with Eczema. We are not sure what the cause of her eczema is, but it is only an issue in this country and not in the US. When it flares up we put a very thin layer of hydracortisone cream on her flare-up spots for a couple times a day for 2 weeks. Thursday afternoon I put some on her and then put the tube in the drawer of her dresser where I have always put things like that - you know, because she has never been able to reach them. Guess who can reach into the drawer now?

This girl.

I was not home when this happened. It was actually on KB's watch, but it could have happened to either of us. He said he put the cream on her face and chest, painstakingly put any extra cream he had back in the tube (it is from the US, and no one here wastes precious things brought from the US), put it back into the drawer and tucked AB into bed. He said he heard her about 3 or 4 minutes later messing around in her room and opened the door to find her face covered in it. She apparently speared it on the chair too. We thought it was funny that KB worked so hard to save like 1/8 a teaspoon of the cream when AB cleared out more than half of a brand new tube of cream.


We think KB got to her before it could really absorb into her skin. I heard it takes 17 minutes for medicine administered in a cream form to fully absorb through skin, but I have never checked to see if that is accurate. Also, as far as we know she did not eat any, but we cannot be certain of it.

This bath is not a result the cream experience. I just wanted to post this pic with a big thanks to Amy and her family for giving AB a few of their bath beads. She got a kick out bathing in pink water. By the way, does anyone have any tricks for getting their kids to smile for the camera? This is AB's smile face. She has a family member, who will remain nameless, who makes a similar face when appropriate to smile for the camera. Is weird stuff like this genetic?