The Lotion Song

When I had my first baby, everything was so fun and exciting. Brandon and I would fight over who got to dress Jack for the day, and then who got to do jammies at night.  Side note: now we fight over who has to help the boys get dressed. Just kidding, sort-of.  But when Jack was a little baby, dressing him was one of the highlights of the day.

It wasn't just dressing him, that I enjoyed, but also, rubbing baby lotion into his skin.  Besides helping his dry skin issues, it also made him smell so yummy.  Being by yourself all day with an infant, can make you crazy. Which is the only reason I can explain this song.  You see, I couldn't just rub lotion onto Jack's legs, I also had to sing.

Lotion, lotion, lotion,
Lotion on your legs
Lotion, lotion, lotion,
Lotion on your legs


We've got to lo-tion up your legs
We've got to lo-tion up your legs


Lotion, lotion, lotion,
Lotion on your legs
Lotion, lotion, lotion,
Lotion on your legs


Additional verses:
Lotion on your arms...
Lotion on your belly...


You get the idea.

Why am I sharing this with you?  Because, even though, I rubbed lotion onto each of my boys and sang them this sweet, lovely song, each of them has hideous dry skin.  Jack and Micah are the worst culprits. Their hands feel like sand paper, with dry, red, chapped skin. I feel that it must hurt, and yet, I can not help them.

You see, as soon as I say, hmm, you need lotion. They run screaming the other way.  Seriously.

I'm not sure if it's the way the lotion feels on their skin or if they are afraid I will break into song.