we’ve finally won at least this battle in The Great Butt Rash War and – to mix a metaphor – the prime suspect is o.j..

we didn’t suspect orange juice immediately because although we had only recently started giving odin juice in his sippy cup and the occasional slice of orange and it didn’t seem to instantly be associated with a rash. perhaps it takes a little time to develop a tendency to rash? in any case if we take away everything with orange juice in it his rash clears up quite quickly and if we reintroduce the juice it comes back.

apparently citrus fruits in general can be a common cause of allergies and rashes, an effect that presumably dimishes over time.

but i wonder how long he’ll have to wait, because odin sure is going to miss his oranges.