We Should Be Ashamed

I admit that I do things as a parent I am not always proud of . . . let me rephrase that . . . we do things as parents that we are not always proud of. I think it just goes with the territory . . . sometimes you just do what you have to to get by.

Kadin got an injury at the YMCA last week. A little girl accidentally struck him in the face with a cash register. When Brian and I returned to the daycare to pick up the kids, we found Kadin in the hall holding a paper towel to his face. Oh great . . . just what we need . . . an injury.

Well it really was nothing more than a little cut on his lip . . . no big deal . . . well no big deal for most kids. BUT Kadin is not like most kids . . . he is unique . . . special . . . so to him, a cut lip was like partially losing a limb. He whimpered most of the way home and thankfully it wasn't until the evening when he was tired and cranky that the cut on the lip became a huge deal . . . again.

What do you do??? I was perplexed . . . I didn't know what to do with this cut. Previously I had been fairly successful in convincing Kadin that band aids miraculously made boo-boo's feel better. It wasn't until Brian began telling him that all band aids do is cover your boo-boo so it doesn't get dirty - after Kadin went through three boxes of band aids in what seemed like a week . . . he is officially a non-believer in the miracle of band aids.

So, I put some Neosporin on the cut and covered it with - yes a band aid . . . and sent him off to bed. You can imagine how goofy my son looked with a giant Dora bandaid across his lip like a Charlie Chaplin mustache . . . so I was hoping that the cut would heal enough overnight that tomorrow would be a new day . . .

Early morning the next day . . . Kadin picked up right where he left off the night before. He was crying over this cut on his lip and his band aid had disappeared. OMG . . . did he eat it in his sleep??? Out of nowhere, Brian comes up with this elaborate lie about how he had some "special ointment for lip cuts" that he would find later and put it on his cut. What are you talking about??? So I'm thinking that Brian has lost his mind . . . or is talking in his sleep.

As we're getting ready I asked Brian where this miracle ointment was . . . he proceeded to take a Visine bottle, emptied it's contents and refilled it with tap water. Then, he called Kadin over, put a couple drops on his lip - now Kadin . . . make sure you don't get this in your mouth . . . it's medicine - and sent him on his way.

A couple more doses of that "special lip cut ointment" and that cut was healed! Kadin could not believe how great this stuff was . . . in fact I think it almost made him want to get another cut just so he could use it . . .

Aaahhh . . . it feels good when you can pull a fast one and get away with it . . . even if it is on a five-year old!