The Band-Aid Story

Well the first time Tyler told me this story I did not think it was funny... not even a little bit but he did and even my mom laughed. But now that it has been a day or so, I feel myself fighting a little grin when I tell it so I figured I'd share it and hopefully moms out there can use it to feel better about themselves by thinking, "at least I'm not as bad of a mother as Natalie is..."

The other night Parker scratched himself with his finger nail right in the corner of his eye so I decided that I needed to be brave and trim his nails with the nail clippers. Heartbreakingly, just as I was about to clip one, my little wiggle worm moved and I clipped the tip of his finger instead. That is the worst. I had never done that before but it was always a big fear of mine which is why his nails were long to begin with. Anyway, it just kept bleeding and bleeding and so I pulled out a Band-Aid and wrapped it around his finger.

The next day, I was at the hospital for clinicals and Tyler was getting Parker dressed. Tyler noticed that Parker was sucking on his Band-Aided finger. Parker sucks on everything so he didn't think much of it. Then he heard Parker start to gag. He looked up and the Band-Aid was gone! So frantically he tried to pull it out but was unsuccessful. So he picked him up and patted him on the back, fearing that he was choking. All of the sudden, Parker was fine. Tyler looked around and the Band-Aid was gone- no where to be found. So we are assuming it is in Parker's belly. Yep, he swallowed his Band-Aid. Tyler called me up on my way home to tell me about it. So if you are a mom and you are feeling down just remember the story of when Natalie clipped Parker's finger with the nail clippers and then was almost an accessory to his choking on a Band-Aid- that has to make you feel better about yourself. I'm sure we'll be seeing that Band-aid in much worse shape here in a few days.