You know what I found out? That a big jar of Vicks will make your skin very soft too. Prolly doesn’t smell as good as Bag Balm either. Damned hard to get off of anything too.
Many years ago when my brother - yes, it was my brother - was a baby. He did something similar with a substance he found in the back of his diaper. My mother took pictures.
My daughter did that with a tube of Desitin when she was about one. Desitin is a BITCH to get out of hair, in case you were wondering.
I have pictures of her, covered in white goo. I can’t wait to drag them out when she starts bringing boys home.
Oh, and the Bag Balm is wonderful for very dry skin. I have a tin on my nightstand and use it on my heels and hands and elbows. I think it cost a couple of bucks and as Lissa said, it lasts a long time.
Bag balm is great for skin. We have residents with terrible skin, dry scaley cracked raw thin tears and bruises easily, gets itchy they scratch until they bleed…Prescrption ointments with so many compounds in them our pharmacisty cries.
BAG BALM CURES IT. Applied regularly, the skin becomes softer, stronger and less itchy.
Even a dermatologist was impressed with the results.
Since he is the cutest and most brilliant baby ever (who says I am biased?), I know he will be the 21st Century’s greatest multimedia artist – not only will he use color and texture, he will introduce smell as an integral element of art. What a future!!
those are such cute stories
i almost got scared though, a baby got hold of a bottle of baby oil once (or at least once that i have heard about) and died from the aspiration of the oil. the baby oil had been on the shelf of the diaper changing table, a shower gift.
Back when flodjunior was a wee thing, he was in that stage when he both needed and didn’t need a nap during the day. One particular day he was driving me insane with that I’m tired/I’m not tired routine, and when he finally fell asleep in our bed, I was very happy. I closed the bedroom door and went out to the living room (one-story house) to rest on the sofa with a cold soda.
After a while I figured I should go check that he was all right. He had woken up and very very very very quietly set about exploring. On his father’s nighttable he happened to find a small bottle of the kind of oil that comes with sewing machines. I can’t tell you how much oil was in the bottle at the time, but I can tell you it was enough to liberally sprinkle pappa’s pillow, pappa’s duvet, flodjunior’s hair, and flodjunior’s clothing.
Well, I think he gave the woman answering the phones at Poison Control a good laugh anyway. “Has he ingested any of the oil?” “I don’t know, I thought he was asleep, I wasn’t watching.” “Well, smell his breath. Does it smell like oil?” “Uh… he reeks of the oil. I can’t smell his breath!”
Incidentally, if you think a child has ingested any mineral oil product (including baby oil) - IMMEDIATELY give them some sort of edible fat. Cooking oil, cream, ice cream, whatever. This will help prevent the mineral oil from getting out of the stomach and into the lungs, where it can cause serious damage. Then call for help - if you suspect the child swallowed more than a few drops, forget Poison Control, call an ambulance.
Flodjunior didn’t swallow any, as it turned out. He’s now a healthy nine-year-old who loves to hear this story!
My mother loves to tell the story of putting me down for a nap and waking up to me covered in a full nursery size tub of vasaline.
Dawn dish soap works best for getting it out of the hair.
I use bag balm and made the mistake of recommending it to my sister in law for her chapped hands. I haven’t been able to find the tin in a year.
I don’t think it got put back in the upstairs bathroom and in my house we have voids that things get sucked into. I really should buy some more.
if you can’t find a local tack store (horse and rider supplies), feed store or possibly drug store that carries it, i think The Vermont Country Store sells it in their catalog (and definitely online). check out Apothecary section
Well when I was a wee bairn I got into the cabinet and the Future floor wax. Had it all over me. I remember my mom giving me a bath and then the really funny look on her face when she realized I had a lot of it in my mouth. I got to ride to the hospital in a police car. Don’t remember anything after that though.
