For those of you, if any, who actually read my blogs, you may have noticed in some of the pictures the band aid across Brylee's face. If you didn't, then observation is not your strong suit because it's pretty obvious!
It's been well over 3 weeks now that Brylee scratched herself on the face. I take total blame for it since I'm the one responsible for keeping her nails clipped. It's such a hard thing to do though since they grow so fast. Well after scratching it she continued to mess with it and open it back up right when it started to heal. Soon I realized I was going to have to start using bandaids. It was such a hard spot to put a bandaid (right near her eye) but it had to be done. Soon she learned she could just peel them off. We have gone through so many of those round bandaids it's not even funny. And I find them everywhere!!! Under her bed, in her hair, on her clothes, in OUR bed, in a cup she was playing with, you name it!!! After all this is over, I NEVER want to see another round bandaid again! I even tried regular bandaids. It was pretty funny to see those ginormous things across her face. She peeled those off too. It has truly been a nightmare because over 3 weeks now and this sore is not getting any better and one day she's going to wonder why she has a huge scar on her nose. She does well during the day when I am around but when it comes time for nap/bed time, the picking begins! I tried scotch taping the bandaid on but she peeled the tape off. I tried liquid bandaid and that was also a huge failure! Ben thought we should try putting another bandaid somewhere on her face thinking she just wanted something to pick at and she'd forget about her actual sore. Also a failure! The next morning she woke up with our normal bandaid gone and the other random one we put on her cheek was still there! Some people have said to use super glue but I'm scared the way that she picks at those bandaids, she would have even more scratches from trying to pick at that glue. So I resorted to my desperate and hopefully, final remedy. I've been talking about it for like a week now but haven't been able to bring myself to do it. I psyched myself up for it last night though because I am so tired of dealing with this! Hopefully, with a little duct tape and a pair of socks her face will be good as new in a couple days! Yes that's right, I duct taped socks on my child's hands. I thought for sure I'd wake up this morning with the socks somehow gone and the tape still around her wrists but nope, all still there! I actually thought it would make her mad but she just stared at them! She wanted some milk before bedtime and I had to end up holding it for her like she was a baby again because her cup kept slipping out of her hands. Those grippie things on socks, in fact, do not work when it comes to trying to hold a sippy cup! FYI:This is only for sleep time. I don't make her go around like this all day long!!!
It's been well over 3 weeks now that Brylee scratched herself on the face. I take total blame for it since I'm the one responsible for keeping her nails clipped. It's such a hard thing to do though since they grow so fast. Well after scratching it she continued to mess with it and open it back up right when it started to heal. Soon I realized I was going to have to start using bandaids. It was such a hard spot to put a bandaid (right near her eye) but it had to be done. Soon she learned she could just peel them off. We have gone through so many of those round bandaids it's not even funny. And I find them everywhere!!! Under her bed, in her hair, on her clothes, in OUR bed, in a cup she was playing with, you name it!!! After all this is over, I NEVER want to see another round bandaid again! I even tried regular bandaids. It was pretty funny to see those ginormous things across her face. She peeled those off too. It has truly been a nightmare because over 3 weeks now and this sore is not getting any better and one day she's going to wonder why she has a huge scar on her nose. She does well during the day when I am around but when it comes time for nap/bed time, the picking begins! I tried scotch taping the bandaid on but she peeled the tape off. I tried liquid bandaid and that was also a huge failure! Ben thought we should try putting another bandaid somewhere on her face thinking she just wanted something to pick at and she'd forget about her actual sore. Also a failure! The next morning she woke up with our normal bandaid gone and the other random one we put on her cheek was still there! Some people have said to use super glue but I'm scared the way that she picks at those bandaids, she would have even more scratches from trying to pick at that glue. So I resorted to my desperate and hopefully, final remedy. I've been talking about it for like a week now but haven't been able to bring myself to do it. I psyched myself up for it last night though because I am so tired of dealing with this! Hopefully, with a little duct tape and a pair of socks her face will be good as new in a couple days! Yes that's right, I duct taped socks on my child's hands. I thought for sure I'd wake up this morning with the socks somehow gone and the tape still around her wrists but nope, all still there! I actually thought it would make her mad but she just stared at them! She wanted some milk before bedtime and I had to end up holding it for her like she was a baby again because her cup kept slipping out of her hands. Those grippie things on socks, in fact, do not work when it comes to trying to hold a sippy cup! FYI:This is only for sleep time. I don't make her go around like this all day long!!!
Hahaha This got me pretty tickled!! I agree, desparate times really do call for desparate measures!
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