Just Wondering…
Am I the only mom who is unable to put band-aids on the right way? You know, by holding the paper thingies and deftly peeling them apart while sticking the adhesive parts to the skin at the very same time. Like magic. Whenever I try to do that, I get the sticky parts too close together, so the non-adhesive part that is supposed to be on the cut sticks way up in the air. It looks like this ___-___ It makes me feel bad about myself. Isn’t part of the fun of getting a new band-aid the thrill of seeing your mom perform that fancy magic trick? I can’t remember the last time I had to put a band-aid on Maya because she just does it herself. My technique bores her.
I have to peel the paper off of both sides before I can even think about trying to stick it to the skin. Even then, the amount of concentration needed for me to do that causes my brow to furrow and my tongue to hang out of my mouth. I’m pretty sure this indicates a deeper, more troubling issue with my mothering skills in general.
June 18th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Thank you, thank you for saying I’m not the only one! I used to teach preschool and I could never put the danged bandaids on right, so, when I finally had my own kid, I decided right from the get-go there’d be no blasted bandaids in my house. Not a single one! No way was I letting my daughter see how inept her mother really is! I admit, she eventually figured that out, but it didn’t happen til just last year and I wasn’t outed by a bandaid.
June 18th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Luckily, my oldest is deathly afraid of a bandaid. Even the fancy, decorated ones…even so, I only take ONE tab off at a time. I tend to get the bandaid alittle too TIGHT when I have to wrap it around a finger or toe…we all can’t be bandaid retarded…I blame it on the bandaid design.
June 19th, 2008 at 9:28 am
According to Ginger on Maya’s ability to band-aid her knee yesterday, “She did good” Maybe you can get a lesson from Maya!