A little bit of Good Advice

Today, while helping her dear old mother make toasted sarmies for lunch, T-Bird burnt her hand on the toaster. She was so brave! She didn't even cry! She just got a surprised look on her face and said "Ow!"

We held the burn under a cool running tap for about 5 minutes - well, to be honest, it was more like only 2 minutes, because she gets bored quickly. But the thing  that made all the difference was - YES! Pay attention now, because this next bit of information is for free and gratis and you'll be richer for it - Baby Bum Cream. We applied a glob of the ointment to the affected area, and left it sitting on her skin while we ate our lunch. After lunch it was carefully rubbed off and into the surrounding skin.

For the rest of the day (including bath-time - and bear in mind that my daughters generally enjoy a fairly warm bath) not a mention was made of the burn. There is no blister, no burning sensation, and best of all, no whiny, unhappy offspring!

Baby Bum Cream contains ingredients which soothe (thereby reducing the pain of a burn) and help heal a burn. The zinc-oxide component is mildly anti-bacterial and will prevent a burn from forming blisters.

So we keep a tub of baby bum cream in a cupboard in our kitchen for little incidents such as these.

Oh. Come. Off. It! You've heard of weirder things!