Unsatisfied with the doctor’s diagnosis last time, Jessie decides she wants a second opinion regarding Caitlyn’s skin. We therefore went to another doctor yesterday.
After feeding her before leaving the house, Caitlyn falls asleep in my arms. During the taxi ride there, while waiting for our turn at an extremely noisy and busy clinic filled with kids, during the doctor’s examination, and on the ride back home, Caitlyn soundly slept through everything. When we arrived home and I put her into her bassinet (we decided to downsize to make her feel more secure), no more than 30 seconds later, she starts to cry. Go figure.
The doctor confirmed the previous doctor’s diagnosis of seborrheic eczema. However, the ointment she prescribed this time was specifically for the eczema. Last time’s doctor gave us ointment to treat Caitlyn’s pimples. But as with the other doctor, today’s also said the condition was completely normal and that there’s nothing to worry about. It should clear up in about a month.
After seeing poor Caitlyn’s face, various people have stepped in to try and give advice on how we should go about treating her skin. One of the more unusual remedies was wiping her face with one of her wet diapers. Not one, not two, but three people recommended this. I don’t know if it’s important, but all three people were black. Maybe it’s a black thing? Completely kidding, of course! Or not.
While the use of urine in this manner might be shocking to some people, I wasn’t really taken aback because I’ve had some experience with pee myself. When I was a kid, my mom told me that I should pee on mosquito bites to make them stop itching and go away faster. I remember trying it once or twice on some mosquito bites I had on my arm, but hard to say if it was actually of any help.
After feeding her before leaving the house, Caitlyn falls asleep in my arms. During the taxi ride there, while waiting for our turn at an extremely noisy and busy clinic filled with kids, during the doctor’s examination, and on the ride back home, Caitlyn soundly slept through everything. When we arrived home and I put her into her bassinet (we decided to downsize to make her feel more secure), no more than 30 seconds later, she starts to cry. Go figure.
The doctor confirmed the previous doctor’s diagnosis of seborrheic eczema. However, the ointment she prescribed this time was specifically for the eczema. Last time’s doctor gave us ointment to treat Caitlyn’s pimples. But as with the other doctor, today’s also said the condition was completely normal and that there’s nothing to worry about. It should clear up in about a month.
After seeing poor Caitlyn’s face, various people have stepped in to try and give advice on how we should go about treating her skin. One of the more unusual remedies was wiping her face with one of her wet diapers. Not one, not two, but three people recommended this. I don’t know if it’s important, but all three people were black. Maybe it’s a black thing? Completely kidding, of course! Or not.
While the use of urine in this manner might be shocking to some people, I wasn’t really taken aback because I’ve had some experience with pee myself. When I was a kid, my mom told me that I should pee on mosquito bites to make them stop itching and go away faster. I remember trying it once or twice on some mosquito bites I had on my arm, but hard to say if it was actually of any help.
I also remember thinking, “Hey, if pee is helpful on mosquito bites, maybe pee is helpful to plants too!” I have no idea what made me come up with this conclusion, but I decided to go into our backyard and pee on a couple of plants to see what would happen. I thought it would act like magic fertilizer and the plants would all become more robustly green and leafy. Obviously, they all died in a matter of days, and my mom was left wondering what had happened to her beautiful plants that were healthy one minute and dead the next.
Who can also forget the scene from the Ben Stiller movie, The Heartbreak Kid, where his wife pees on him after he gets stung by a jellyfish. There was even a nature program once that documented how some African tribes used urine from their livestock to wash their faces. (So maybe it is a black thing?)
And once, after having a bit too much to drink, I mistook my trashcan for the toilet and ended up peeing in it along with the wall and the carpet and whatever else was in the way. When I woke up the next morning, I wondered why my room smelled funny, since I had no recollection of what happened the previous night. But I might be getting a bit off-track now.
So, after hearing about using pee to cure my baby’s eczema and stirring up all these old memories, I decided to see exactly what benefits and usefulness urine actually has.
While most people think that urine is nasty and dirty, it’s actually sterile. Urine does not contain bacteria. Any toxins are removed through the skin and kidney. It’s 95% water, 2.5% urea, and 2.5% is a mixture of minerals, salts, hormones and enzymes. In fact, urine is so clean that some African tribes use it to wash wounds and as an eye-wash because it’s far more sterile than the available "fresh" water that they have.
There are also a large number of followers that believe in urine therapy. That is, the drinking of urine for health benefits. In fact, according to the Xinhua news agency in China, over 3 million Chinese people practice drinking their own urine, claiming it strengthens their immune system. (So maybe it’s a black and yellow thing!)
Other uses of urine include: tanning hides, color dying, bleaching, curing tobacco, restoring color to coral, cheese making, tattooing, removing ink stains, hair shampoo, face and body wash, clearing up acne, and washing dishes and utensils to name a few.
With an impressive list like that, what’s not to like about urine? I’m ready to jump aboard the bandwagon! Even my mom is all for rubbing the baby’s face with pee after I told her about it. That doesn’t surprise me, since this is coming from a person who also said that dog saliva can help with itchy mosquito bites. Is there anything that won’t help with mosquito bites?!
Jessie, on the other hand, might be a little harder to convince. She doesn’t seem to be much of a pee aficionado, but I'm working on it.
Who can also forget the scene from the Ben Stiller movie, The Heartbreak Kid, where his wife pees on him after he gets stung by a jellyfish. There was even a nature program once that documented how some African tribes used urine from their livestock to wash their faces. (So maybe it is a black thing?)
And once, after having a bit too much to drink, I mistook my trashcan for the toilet and ended up peeing in it along with the wall and the carpet and whatever else was in the way. When I woke up the next morning, I wondered why my room smelled funny, since I had no recollection of what happened the previous night. But I might be getting a bit off-track now.
So, after hearing about using pee to cure my baby’s eczema and stirring up all these old memories, I decided to see exactly what benefits and usefulness urine actually has.
While most people think that urine is nasty and dirty, it’s actually sterile. Urine does not contain bacteria. Any toxins are removed through the skin and kidney. It’s 95% water, 2.5% urea, and 2.5% is a mixture of minerals, salts, hormones and enzymes. In fact, urine is so clean that some African tribes use it to wash wounds and as an eye-wash because it’s far more sterile than the available "fresh" water that they have.
There are also a large number of followers that believe in urine therapy. That is, the drinking of urine for health benefits. In fact, according to the Xinhua news agency in China, over 3 million Chinese people practice drinking their own urine, claiming it strengthens their immune system. (So maybe it’s a black and yellow thing!)
Other uses of urine include: tanning hides, color dying, bleaching, curing tobacco, restoring color to coral, cheese making, tattooing, removing ink stains, hair shampoo, face and body wash, clearing up acne, and washing dishes and utensils to name a few.
With an impressive list like that, what’s not to like about urine? I’m ready to jump aboard the bandwagon! Even my mom is all for rubbing the baby’s face with pee after I told her about it. That doesn’t surprise me, since this is coming from a person who also said that dog saliva can help with itchy mosquito bites. Is there anything that won’t help with mosquito bites?!
Jessie, on the other hand, might be a little harder to convince. She doesn’t seem to be much of a pee aficionado, but I'm working on it.
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