So I have been sneaking into my daughter's room at night to do band-aidectomies. Someone please tell me I'm not the only one who must do this under cover of darkness, seeing as how she gets herself worked up into a frenzy over the mere idea of a band-aid being removed. She has actually *asked* me to sneak in and take them off while she sleeps.
But it reminded me of the days when they were babies and to trim their fingernails I had to wait until they were asleep, or suffer the torture that is a tiny baby's wail (and subsequent ruptured eardrums and stress levels requiring medical intervention.)
And then there's all the other things we do with the kids to get through these minor medical ... situations. I can't tell you how many funny stories about loose-tooth-assistance I've heard. Shots of whiskey, pliers, tying the tooth to a door and slamming it shut. Eek! I of course rock in the loose-tooth department. Nephew came to the dinner table last summer at a big family gathering complaining because his loose tooth hurt. His mother recoiled. She's squeamish like that. I, being the awesome aunt who is occasionally not squeamish (just never about worms. I'm ALWAYS going to wig out at the presence of worms and worm-like things. Almost had to leave the pet food store yesterday when the person helping us put a nice big see-through box of live bait on the counter so she could help us. I rearranged myself so she was between me and the box so I didn't have to look at it, and then practiced my deep breathing. I survived, you'll be glad to know.)
At any rate - back to me being an awesome aunt. I called him over. The tooth was hanging by a thread. I grabbed a dinner napkin and - DINK! Tooth came right out in my hand. He was thrilled, ran right off to play with his cousins. Sister and I sat in shock for a moment. A tooth was delivered. All was right in the universe.
Ohhh I so wish I could trim my dogs' nails while they sleep! Clever mom!
jen
Posted by: jen smith | July 28, 2010 at 09:22 PM