If you have children in your house, you have dealt with diaper rash one time or another. I have never met a mom who hasn’t dealt with this issue before. Most diaper rash issues can be dealt with over the counter products like Desitin. However,no matter how much you change your child, they can still get diaper rash and get it bad.

My son is literally a pooping machine. Normally, this is not an issue. We is changed (almost constantly) and this isn’t an issue. However, when he is teething, we have a completely different story. His butt gets so red. I feel so bad for the little man. It has gotten to the point that he has gotten sores on his little behind due to the diaper rash (even though I am doing everything I should). We have had prescriptions written out for this very problem.

I just recently found out that there is a new product on the market called Vusion. It is for diaper rash that is caused by a yeast infection (not too sure how you tell that but that’s the doctor’s job. That’s what we pay them for. However, I do know that yeast is part of Will’s severe diaper rash.). It can be used on babies as little as 4 weeks and is only available by prescription. It is only to be used for 7 days and not for preventative care. I know this is something that I will bring up to my son’s doctor the next time he gets severe diaper rash to see if this will work for him. Check it out if you have a little one with diaper rash, so you can discuss it with your doctor.

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I know, interesting title.  But see, you have to know what the last week was like in my house.  Last weekend we were gone to a wedding.  All week, the earliest my hubby came home from work was 7 pm.  Needless to say, the house was a wreck.  On top of all that, I was changing hosting due to many issues with Bluehost (which I will blog about later!).

Hell froze over because well, the hubby actually got it into his head that we needed to clean the house.  Not only that, he helped.  We went from room to room and actually cleaned the majority of the house.  He actually got on his hands and knees and cleaned the tub.  He used an old toothbrush to clean the jets on the whirlpool.  That’s what a good job he did.  We rearranged the living room again too!  After the kids went to bed last night, he also went grocery shopping and managed to spend less than $200 too!  (However, some of his choices were not so good so I’ll be going back, but I am not complaining.)  I am surprised that he didn’t want to get some outdoor furniture covers to keep the patio set outside clean too!

It feels good to have a semiproductive weekend.  This afternoon we will be going to one of his friend’s house for a little party, and I am not sure what we have in store for tomorrow.

Lt. Col. Nathan Blood

Lt. Col. Nathan Blood, brigade effects coordinator for 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Multi-National Division - Baghdad, says “Hello” to his 16-month-old daughter, Mackenzie, during a web camera communication.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We’re In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don’t Know Where To Look

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You have to love You Tube. You have to love EA Sports even more for responding back. This is a company who definitely gets its customers. Let me know if you like it.

Do you know what your Bills IQ is?

That is my score.  Bill and I have worked on our credit and debt ratios, so I know that is why we scored so well.  I had to laugh — the areas that we need to work on we already know.  We really need to start college funds for the kids.  Even though we know, we should do that, we just haven’t yet (which reminds me that we should call the bank).  We also need to keep more money in our savings for emergencies.  Those are our two biggest things we need to work on.

This quiz is something we should all take. It definitely gets you thinking about your financial situation and what you should be doing to make your financial situation better.  I even wrote a haiku (well, I think that it is a haiku) for you all to help remind you to check your Bills IQ:

Learn to save money

And be happy and wiser

At bills IQ’s site!

If you know you are financially secure, I think everyone is happier — you, your kids, and your spouse.  There always isn’t an underlying tension, because you are worried about how you are going to pay the next bill.  The best thing we ever did was pay off all of our credit cards and never carry a balance again.  It has allowed us to only carry debt with our cars and our mortgage.  That is it!  We still argue, but at least its not about money!