I tried a home remedy for cradle cap that I read in a book, and it did not go so well. The book said to rub petroleum jelly in Brenden's hair and then shampoo it out. It sounded simple enough. But the Vaseline was too thick to spread easily, so I ended up using a ton of it. You probably know where this is going... after 3 shampoos, his hair was still super slick, so slick you almost couldn't touch his head because it would slip right out of your hand. Poor Brenden went a whole day with greasy slicked back hair. I shampooed it another couple of times last night, and most of the Vaseline is gone, along with the flakes. So it worked eventually.
We found a great new place to live, so as long as we can get out of our lease, we're good to go. I'm holding off on getting too excited until we talk to our landlord tomorrow. I mentioned it to him on the phone this evening, and he said it's a real pain to find new renters, but he understands that the house has had problems and Brenden is our first priority. He's coming over tomorrow to talk about the lease.
The new place is actually at the apartment complex where we lived before we moved here. We really liked living there, and they have a great 2 bedroom available at the end of September. There are so many things that will be better about living there - the only drawbacks are lack of privacy and leaving the cute neighborhood we're in now. My commute would be cut in half, we'd have a bigger kitchen with actual cabinet space, a dishwasher, garbage disposal, newer appliances, more space, 2 bathrooms... and oh yeah, no roof leaks or rats. And it will stay nice and warm in the winter. We'd have moving expenses, but they're offering half off of November rent, so that would help. But I better not think about it too much in case the landlord gives us a hard time with the lease.
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