{"id":1766,"date":"2013-09-23T09:15:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T11:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2013-09-22T23:19:17","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T01:49:17","slug":"mommy-musing-monday-whats-that-smell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/2013\/09\/23\/mommy-musing-monday-whats-that-smell\/","title":{"rendered":"Mommy Musing Monday – What’s that smell?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Based on the title of this post, you’re probably expecting me to finally talk about poop. I mean really, as a new mom, it was only a matter of time right? You’d be surprised how often the topic of your child’s number two<\/em> comes up in a daily conversation with your significant other or your own mother.<\/p>\n

Those of you who are completely grossed out raise your hand!
\nWell good news! That’s not the focus of this post at all!<\/p>\n

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So the extent of TMI (too much information) that I’ll share is that around Labour Day weekend, poor Missy Moo had a really nasty diaper rash. It was really surprising since she’s never had a problem before, but there’s a first time for everything.<\/p>\n

When it started, we made sure to change her frequently and put on lots of cream to try and get things back to normal. I won’t get into all the strategies, but lets just say when it kept getting worse, I started looking up any traditional remedies I could find. I was willig to try anything.<\/p>\n

Then I read online about applying burnt flour to a baby’s bum.<\/p>\n

Not sure why it would help, but I wasn’t going to question the Internet. Cause it only tells me the truth, right? RIGHT?!?!<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh Internet, you didn’t steer me wrong, but with a combination of being stressed about little miss’s current condition, plus my poor sleep habits of late, it didn’t help that my ADHD was on high alert lately.<\/p>\n

You know where this is going right?<\/p>\n

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\"burnt<\/a>

For the record: burnt flour smells absolutely HORRID!<\/p><\/div>\n

I found instructions for burnt flour online.<\/p>\n

Oh Internet, there you go putting me into that false sense of security.<\/em><\/p>\n

I put my frying pan on medium, loaded with some white flour. I stood over it and stirred it a lot, but when you put cold flour in a pan that’s also cold and just starting to heat up, not much is going to happen right away.<\/p>\n

So I decided to leave it for a bit. I sat down in front of my laptop in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

Now, now Internet. Don’t be a distraction. I have stuff to do! But wait, there’s a funny picture posted on Facebook, and a news alert just came into my email. What was that I just saw on Twitter?<\/em><\/p>\n

The next thing I knew I smelled something absolutely disgusting. I thought maybe one of our heaters had kicked in and it had that burnt smell you get after the summer<\/em> when you have electrical heating. I was still sitting face first into my laptop when I looked up, glanced at the stove and went, “Oh damn! The flour!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes ladies and gentlemen – I burnt flour alright. Boy did I ever! I think I can still smell it’s disgusting odor.<\/p>\n

Luckily we have more than one frying pan in our possession. So I made a second attempt and this time didn’t let se\u00f1or Internet distract me.<\/p>\n

\"burnt<\/a>

Round 2!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"burnt<\/a>

Success! This flour has been “burnt” or at the very least browned.<\/p><\/div>\n

Ironically enough, I brought Missy Moo to our doctor two days later and he confirmed it wasn’t a standard diaper rash, but it was quite common and he advised that we needed a prescription cream to get rid of it. In less than a week, she was perfect once again. So did the burnt flour do anything besides burn my nostrils? I have no idea. Let’s just say that at the very least it didn’t make things worse.<\/em><\/p>\n

So that was my adventure in burning something intentionally, but doing it a little too well!<\/p>\n

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