If I have kids with me she takes some and I take some. She thinks it's fun.
Today was jobs day and shop day for my sister-in-law so she came over, got us ready and off we went.
Not long into jobs Jarah (aged 2yrs) decides that he's going to complain and beg. I've seen it before. He's in pain. He is non-verbally Communicating with me to stop the pain even though he can and does talk. I ask whats wrong and he wont say. I ask if he has a sore bum and he says "errm" in that same non-comunicative sound he's been making. He has nappy rash. Quite badly too for that much crying to be going on.
So I go into the shop to buy corn flour to cure the pain. Shock and disbelief it doesn't work. I can hardly believe it. Corn flour always works. He has a full set of toddler teeth so he shouldn't have bad nappy rash anyhow. (nappy rash = teething for this child).
I pull his nappy off hoping he doesn't wet me, my pram or the shop floor. He's still crying, squirming and carrying on. He looks at me confused at why I'm not fixing his sore, I look at him frustrated that he's in pain and can't do anything to relieve it.
Eventually fed up I abandoned shopping, sister-in-law & 3 kids to take two year old frustrated in pain toddler to the car to get the pants off to cure the red rash - which is now gone?
Pulling pants to knees they get stuck on the little red shoes so I start to unlace them. Screaming more he starts yelling hurt hurt. What hurts? There he says pointing to his foot. Oh. Your shoes hurt? Yes says relieved two year old that mum finally understands that his bum was a bit pink but not sore at all.
It was the little red shoes.
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