It's advice day!

I need advice and you people need to help me. I don't promise to take your advice but will log it in my brain, maybe.

1) My thumb and pointer finger have callussed and started to peel by the fingernail and on the finger. It hurts! And makes doing things like zipping a jacket, changing a diaper and things like that just a little painful and difficult.

2) Kolby has yet another diaper rash. This one started to bleed on Saturday (first day I noticed it) and it is still open today. I have been applying Balmex and Airbornne's diaper rash cream, whichever happens to be where I am. It isn't looking better, should I try to take him to the dr. or are they just going to tell me to keep doing what I am doing?

I mainly want help with my finger problem, webmd didn't help and I tried to get into a dr. here but since I haven't actually been to a dr. besides an ob, they told me I can't get in for a couple of weeks.

I am probably totally jinxing myself for writing this, but Kolby slept until 6am without waking up! In his crib! He has only done that once before, yes he is almost one. He hasn't been nursing for quite sometime, just waking up and being relocated to the pack-n-play. Also, is sleeping from 8 to 6 enough for a one year old or should I try to get him to sleep longer?

And, Kolby and eating equals problem. He isn't such a fan of feeding himself. He will feed himself cheerio type things, bread and teething biscuts. When I put fruit or cheese or pretty much anything else on his tray he cries. He won't touch it and he spits it out if I put it in his mouth. BUT if said fruit is purreed, he loves it. What do I do? My mom says let him get hungry. Today I tried giving him his food before he nursed and he cried. He didn't want peaches or provolone cheese. He did put one piece of cheese in his mouth, made an ugly face and spit it out. Even Sage says "MMMMM, Holby!" whenever Kolby puts something in his mouth.

Lately, Sage thinks it is funny or whatever to put a blanket over Kolby (when I am not in the room) and watch Kolby pull it off. Except that Kolby is screaming the entire time he is trying to escape the blanket.

Oh, and while I was changing Kolby's diaper today, Sage bit two markers! And we found a whole crayon in Kolby's mouth this morning. That is why I buy only the washable markers and crayons.