The Munchkin Files

We use Lansinoh HPA lanolin ointment to treat and waterproof M1's knit woolies and also as a diaper ointment.  So the other day, when HB decided he needed a remote diaper changing area set up (our primary location is in the nursery where M2 was napping at the time), he removed the half-full tube of lanolin in addition to the other diaper-changing necessities.

And he left it out.  In M1's room.  During naptime.

When we went to get him up, we found this:

M1 had squeezed out the entire tube of lanolin onto his bed.  And apparently rolled his stuffed animals through the ooze.

And patted it all over the walls.


And beslimed several books.  His favorites, of course.  (He had a holy screaming fit when I discovered them at bedtime and removed them for cleaning.)

And smeared it all over his face.  (I don't have a picture of that, but envision a toddler with about a 1/8" thick layer of ointment from forehead to chin, and you'll get the idea.)

The whole ordeal led to several loads of laundry.  (It's not done yet - after three hot cycles with Dawn dish detergent, the lanolin is only mostly gone from the bedding.)


 And he learned another valuable phrase that day, too: "You never, ever squeeze the tube."