Diaper Rash

Over this past weekend, Sarah had the worst diaper rash that I have seen yet. She is trying to push some molars out, although I'm sure that it pains her, I see that the rash hurts her more! I did the usual... let her run around naked every now and then... gave her gripe water... Tylenol... and used the best cream, Penaten, but nothing helped! So I went to the local drug store to pick up more Tylenol and thought that I would talk to the pharmacist to see if he had any ideas for me. He told me that everything that I was doing was great, he said that Penaten is the best cream that he has seen, but the only problem with it is that it is really thick. It is thick to put on, and hard to smear around and hard to wipe off, and on a sore bum, the less touching, the less it hurts. So he told me that while it is really sore mix the Penaten with Vaseline -- 3 parts Penaten to 1 part Vaseline. Since Penaten already has Vaseline in it, you aren't adding anything to it that will change the nature of the product. It really worked! Sometimes when you smear Penaten, it comes off as you are trying to move it around... this doesn't do that! Wiping it off was just as good! It was nice to not have Sarah screaming bloody murder when I put this new cream on! The pharmacist said that as soon as you can, go back to full strength, but this helps while it is raw!

Speedy Chicken Quesadillas

This recipe is from the Sobey's magazine 'Inspired by Compliments'

Prep. time: 15 min. Total time: 35 min.
Makes 8 quesadillas

1 rotisserie chicken, skin removed and breast meat only, diced (this was the pre-cooked chicken from the store) (I froze the rest of the chicken for a soup for a later date)

1 orange pepper, diced

1 cup fresh (uncooked) corn (about 1 cob) (I just used frozen corn)

1 1/2 cups sliced mushrooms (I'm not a fan of mushrooms, so I left this out when I made mine but added it to John's and Sarah's)

1/2 cup finely sliced red onion

1 pkg Burrito Kit

2 cups skim mozzarella shredded cheese (I already had 3 cheese mexicana cheese, and it worked out great!)

1. Preheat a panini press or a skillet to medium-high heat. (I found this to be too hot, so I did mine at medium)

2. Combine chicken, pepper, corn, mushrooms and onion. Season with the burrito seasoning mix. Place tortillas on a clean work surface. sprinkle bottom half of each tortilla with 2 tbsp cheese. Divide chicken mixture evenly between tortillas. Sprinkle each evenly with remaining cheese. Fold tortillas in half.

3. Lightly oil panini press or skillet and cook 2 quesadillas at a time until crisp and golden on both sides and heated through, about 5-7 min. If using a skillet, flip quesadillas over when brown on the underside. Cut in half and serve with salsa for dipping.

This is more filling then it looks... I was only able to eat 1 1/2, Sarah ate just as much though, lol.

thoughts for the day....

So lately I have seen lots of my friends with blogs, I have never really thought that I wanted one until the other day. I tried out a recipe that I really liked and my picky toddler just loved, so I thought that I would love to share it with friends to pass it on. I have never really been one for keeping up with journals, so this will really be a random thing! Most of these (well, probably all...) wont be my own recipes, so don't think I'm a great chef or anything.... just things I like, and not only recipes, but baby things and such! So here it goes, my thoughts and junk.....