Wrapped, Like a Band-Aid
June 18 2010 The night before last, after I had been with Buzz putting him to bed, I came out to find a band-aid on Abby’s finger. It seems she had her first papercut, inflicted as she was ripping pages out of a book.
“Mommy! Boo-boo!”, she exclaimed as we made our way in to bed. I looked at it, immediately deeming the band-aid unnecessary, and thought of taking it off. She seemed content with it there, however, so I decided instead to wait until morning.
When we awoke the next morning, I pulled the small bandage from her skin. There was a sliver of a slice in the crease of her small index finger. It clearly didn’t bother her anymore, as she trotted off to play and didn’t make another mention of it for the rest of the day.
That is, until J came home from work later.
As soon as she saw him walk through the door, her first reaction was to hold out her hand and sensationally announce, “Daddy! Boo-boo! Finfer!”. Little Miss Drama Queen brought this suddenly reawakened nick to his attention a few other times throughout the night as well. Then, as I came out again after putting Buzz to bed, I noticed another band-aid on the same finger. Covering the same papercut. “What? She wanted it”, he told me in his defense.
Now a band-aid, next a pony. He can try to deny it all he wants, and he does, but someone has him wrapped around her little bandaged finger. “It doesn’t work on me”, he’s been known to say with a tough exterior. Obviously, though, it very much does.
12 Responses
on June 18 2010
Hahaha awwww that is so sweet!!!
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on June 18 2010
You’re in for it! We have the worst little drama queen, boo-boo waving charlatans over at our house. I need to buy stock in Band-Aids. Adorable story!
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on June 18 2010
My daughter loves to make the most of the slightest scratch mark and insists on a Miss Kitty “plaster” (another word I need to relearn but have so far failed to do). But apparently it makes it all better
on June 18 2010
Ugh, paper cuts are the worst! If a band-aid is all it takes to make her feel better, go for it. It won’t be long before she needs more than a band-aid to ease her woes.
PS – What kind of band-aids? We always had Sesame Street when I was a kid.
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on June 18th, 2010
@Eva @ Eva Evolving, We’re boring, they’re just regular band-aids. Because they’re mostly used by my husband, as he seems to hurt himself a lot.
on June 18 2010
What is it with daddies and daughters? At this very moment, my twin girls are both sitting on their daddy, combing his hair!
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on June 18 2010
My son goes through like a band-aid a day. But mostly because they’re Garfield and even I think that they’re cool. And I’m clearly a sucker.
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on June 18 2010
My husband babies his kids too. I’m the big meany pants around here.
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on June 19 2010
Bandaids are hot commodities in our house, too. Right now we have a box of Toy Story and a box of glittery rainbows. My two are so bandaid crazy that they want on their heads when they’re sleepy.
Daddies and daughters are pretty ridiculous. I didn’t experience it growing up, but my girl has a personal bodyguard, lawyer, playmate, and best friend in her daddy. He counters by saying that our son has the same things in me. I guess it balances out.
on June 20 2010
Haha! The same could be said of my husband! Even he admits it. It’s ok, I’m the same with our little boy. Alright, and our daughter. She is just too stinking cute to incur wrath. At least wrath that lasts longer than a few seconds.
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on June 20 2010
Daddies can put on a tough show but they’re gooey at the center! Love it.
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on June 21 2010
Oh man…kids and the band-aid obsession! I’ve had preschoolers in the past who would do all but invent reasons to get one! (And then there’s my son, who tries frantically to remove them).
Daddy’s and their little girls…so unbelievably sweet! Love this!
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