i am stuck on bandaid.....

what is it about bandaids and kids? i swear my two purposely walk into things and trip on stuff just so they can run screaming to me for a bandaid... and i do think that the bandaids that are marketed these days definitely "aid" the cause...our first aid kit consists of dora, deigo, barbie, hello kitty and neon ones. i gotta say it ain't so good if you are a grown up in our house and get a "boo boo" especially in a spot that is not covered by clothing, cause you will be forced to sport one of the above.

last weekend poor devin got a whopper of a boo boo on her finger when a very heavy bathroom door slammed shut on her little wigglies before she could move them. she released one of those screams that you wait for...you know the ones....where they take the biggest, longest breath in (so long it allows you to warn everyone in the area to cover their ears) before the wail is released. once the cry was out she followed it with "bandaid, i need a bandaid now!!!" the little patient's finger was purple and blue in seconds and started to swell but there was no blood. once i examined it and made sure she could wiggle it, i explained that (once again) bandaids were to help stop bleeding etc. nope, she wouldn't have any of that explanation.

even deirann, who mastered the word bandaid by 15 months, LOVES to have bandaids on. she of course takes them off within 30 seconds of having them, but all the same she loves them.

now, when i was a kid, "plasters" as my mum called them, were not an accessory. no, they were a nuisance, they were ugly and never stayed on in the water or on the bending parts of the body that always seemed to get hurt. and the sticky residue they left behind when they did fall off....yuck...reason enough not to ask for one in the first place.

i remember my brother cut his foot on an above ground pool that the neighbour's had ( man i wanted one of those!) and my folks took him to the hospital. i waited for him to return and hear about all the pain the stitches caused...only for him to come back and say he got a "butterfly" bandaid put on, no stitches.

what? a butterfly bandaid? wait a minute...now even though i was (and still am) a tomboy...a "butterfly" bandaid sounds pretty good in my books! how come he got the butterfly bandaid? shouldn't he get the planet of the apes bandaid, or a crayfish bandaid...you know something a little more manly? you gotta love the places that sibling rivarly rears its ugly head . when he finally did show me the butterfly bandaid...and i was able to drag myself up of the ground (i don't do so well with blood and wounds) i was sorta relieved that he didn't get a pretty pink bandaid that was covered in butterflies...nope it was one of those ugly "plasters" shaped sorta like a butterfly....my first experience with false marketing.

so, at last count tonight...the girls have applied 14 bandaids on various wounds all over. i know it is a waste but it did allow for a few minutes of peace and quiet while i tried to use a tissue to stop a cut i got shaving my legs....hang on a sec....?!