A Different Kind of Bath

He's only 3 days into being 2 years old and already Owen has made a mess beyond mess. I put Owen down for his nap after we got back from the doctor's office, Target, and him eating lunch. It was approximately 11.45 by the time he went down. For the most part, it was quiet and Cari and I had a good afternoon.

I started preparations for dinner (chicken noodle soup from scratch), like chopping vegetables, boning a chicken, etc. Things were humming along just fine. I was about to put Cari down for a nap, when I had a hunch that I should probably go get Owen. By this time it's about 3 hours later, or 2:45. His usual nap is between 2 and 3 hours.

I went into Owen's room and saw this and that:

Whereupon I deduced he had been into the Vaseline. I use Vaseline in a thin layer before applying any type of diaper rash cream which does a couple of things. First, it provides another layer of protection and is very soothing. Second, helps the cream to spread a lot easier. So, as I turned him around and went to pick him up, so as to not get Vaseline on my person, I saw this, this and this:

Now, the pictures may not do it justice as to how bad this really was. The Vaseline was in his hair from about the top of his ears, clear down to the collar on his shirt. I remained calm and didn't get mad, but tried to think about what in the world is going to get it out of his hair. I stripped him down and got him into the tub. Owen proceeded to get Vaseline all over the edge of the tub from his two little hands. After wiping that off, I began to scrub and scrub and scrub some more. Nothing was working. A quick call to my hairdresser, whom I heard laughing hysterically in the background, to find out what I could use. He told me to use the product that "cuts grease with just one drop", a.k.a.: