Aquaphor

Ben is such a great kid. We never had the story that he got into Mom’s make up or smeared diaper cream everywhere. But some kids are late bloomers in some ways. This was not mischievous in any way. Ben was just trying to take care of a problem without asking for help. Mom went to check on Ben during rest time and Ben’s pillow looked wet and there were tissues everywhere.

Mom – Why is this wet?

Ben – I had to use my water from my cup to clean up the mess.

Mom – What mess?

Ben – I used my special lotion (Aquaphor) on my legs and then it got on my pillow and sheets so I tried to use Kleenex and water to clean it.

Mom – Why did you get Aquaphor out?

Ben – Well, my legs were dry and I got those red spots (eczema) so I was trying to help them.

Seemed like a logical plan. He had used nearly half of a jar of Aquaphor (if you don’t know what that is, it has a similar consistency to Vaseline). His legs were pretty dry I guess. He just looked shiny. It wasn’t well rubbed in before he laid on his sheets and pillow and so as not to get in trouble for a mess, Ben used his bedside water cup to wet the areas and then “clean” it up with tissues. As he used tissues, he must have thrown them overboard one by one. It created quite the scene of gooey mess. At least it was contained to his bed mostly?