Diaper Rash/Burn Gone Horribly Wrong

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Hi All-

I wanted to share an experience I had with you, so that you all might benefit from our unfortunate experience.

I am sure you have all seen the ads and in-store boxes of Pampers diapers with Dri-Max. They advertise a thinner diaper with better coverage and they are often on promotion and have great coupons.

Well I bought some and yes, they are thinner, and yes they do a great job absorbing. The problem is that they have BURNED my son's behind badly. At first I thought it might be acidic feces or a REALLY bad diaper rash - but he has had it 3 times and I have found other parents having the same issue....and it is the diaper! My son's behind has been burned very badly 3 times by this diaper brand. So badly in fact that he has spent hours crying in pain, I have had to put medicated butt cream on him (we have gone through a number of tubes because you have to practically cake it on to prevent more burns), I have had to alter his diet (to find out what it was), and so on. In other words this has been a lot of grief for a stupid diaper!

So please, do yourself a favor and do not buy the Pamper's with Dri-Max, tell all your friends too.

**Now granted, not every child who has worn these diapers has gotten burned but their are thousands of parents on Facebook with similar stories to mine. There is also a class action lawsuit that 40+ parents filed against Proctor and Gamble (who make the diaper). Plus this story has been on the news.

I have never had a problem with any other Pampers brand, in fact I love Swaddlers and I love the Cruisers without Dri-Max.

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Fun stuff

This past weekend we went on a little trip with our friends, Chance and Kristal, and their little guy Bronx. We all had a blast to say the least! Karsten even got to try his first watermelon and we and Bronx had a splash fight in the tub!

Videos from the past few months

One of Karsten's favorite things to do, no matter where he is, is to get into the dishwasher, he just loves to try and get stuff out.


In true Westlake spirit Karsten is also practicing his piano skills from a young age.

Karsten on Homes

Okay so there is this show on HGTV called Holmes on Homes about this guy who goes in and fixes renovations gone bad...that is where the post title comes from.

Karsten has been loving helping mommy and daddy around the house since we moved in, here are a few pictures of his "helping". He gets so tired though he has to nap and of course, he is a union worker, so breaks are required.

Pictures from March and April

Below are some pictures from March and April. Karsten loves playing with oranges. Karsten got a toy bin for Easter that he enjoyed playing in. When we moved into the house Karsten loved "helping" unpack the boxes and put stuff together with daddy.

Easter Pictures

Okay so yes they are TOTALLY late but here are our Easter pictures. My mom took Karsten and my nephews to get their pictures taken. I got the little outfits but didn't try Karsten's on before he left...well I soon found out he needed to move up a size...chunky.

So the oldest is Che, then Karsten, and the little guy is Rylan.

Whew been a long time!

Well as you can see it has been a REALLY long time since we updated this blog…bad Julia, bad.

Well per my last post we moved from Utah back to Arizona. From about late/mid February to mid-April we lived with Ryan’s parents (thanks guys). Karsten loved being able to see his aunt and uncle as well as grammy and grampy every day! While living with the “Westlakes” Karsten learned how to crawl, he went from scooting to full on crawling. One of Karsten’s favorite things to do while living with gramy and grampy was to play with their oranges…roll them around, hold them, lick them, etc.

While living “at home” we started the scary and exciting process of looking for a home to buy. We decided that we really wanted to have a place of our own after moving around 5+ times since we were married.

After a lot of looking we managed to find a house in San Tan Valley, AZ (Queen Creek). A big thank you to our friends Chance and Kristal for referring us to their realtor, Becky, and their mortgage broker, Mike – they worked so hard for us – THANKS!! We LOVE our new home…plenty of room for everything we love to do. We have been so busy since moving in. Ryan has installed ceiling fans, we bought curtains for our bedroom, Ryan removed wallpaper from our bathroom downstairs and our master bedroom, we also have done some minor fixes to things around the house. We are still busy making some improvements and getting prepped to begin decorating. Decorating so far has been one of the biggest challenges since moving in…I guess that is a good challenge to have!

One of the things we love about having a home and being back in AZ is being able to see friends and family. We have loved having people over and going out and about to see our friends. Karsten has especially liked being so social!

After moving in Karsten quickly learned how to stand, push toys and chairs across the flow to walk where he wants, and walk along the furniture, walk while holding someone’s hand, and as of this week he is taking steps without holding onto anything. Karsten has also started clapping and he says “mama, dada, yeah, hi,” and a few sounds. Karsten has 4 official teeth in but 4 more keep coming in then sinking back down a bit, it is quite annoying.

We have also taken Karsten swimming over the past few weeks; he LOVES it, just like mommy and daddy. He loves to splash, kick, float, etc.

We have also been so blessed to enjoy spending time at home working and together!

More pictures to come.

Pictures from the past few months