Who would have ever thought that band aids could be such a hassle. Because Alison is in the high risk category for developing a latex allergy, we limit her contact with items that contain latex (meaning we try not to let her be in contact with them at all). That means we use Curad band aids in our house, because they are latex free. Unfortunately, the last time we bought band aids the box only had one size, rather than the variety of sizes that BandAid brand comes in. Not a real big problem for big people boo boos, but for little people boo boos it's a pain in the rear.
I went in to get Alison up from her nap. I noticed there were little blood smears all over her crib sheet. After freaking out for a second, I realized they were all down where her feet had been, and that I had noticed what looked like a little blister on one of her toes the other day. Sure enough, the spot that had the blister had been bleeding. Great. Now we needed to somehow put a band aid on a very tiny toe. So with scissors in hand, I began to "size" my band aid, feeling grateful that I was working on her right foot. This is one of the only advantages to her not having any feeling in that foot. While she was sqirming around a little -- because you must squirm around when mommy needs you to sit still -- it was nothing like it would have been if she could have felt what I was doing to her toes! Of course this same lack of feeling is what let things get to the point where she needed the band aid in the first place. :( In the end, I got the stupid band aid on. Hopefully this won't happen again until someone's little piggies are a whole lot bigger.
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Saturday, July 17, 2004
Yesterday
Yesterday was a terrific day, weatherwise. We had blue skies, lots of sun, and it was warm. Actually, it was kind of on the hot side. I managed to get us together early and we headed off to Dow Gardens. (We bought season passes, so I'm determined to get my money's worth....yesterday's trip was break even day.) Since I didn't want to take the stroller, I figured the easiest way to get us back to the childrens' garden without losing my mind was to put Alison in her harness. That way, she could run "free" as much as she wanted and I didn't have to worry about her going off the path and falling into the pond. Then when we got to the childrens' garden all I had to do was take off the "leash" part. Along the way we stomped through a few puddles, trip-trapped over a wooden bridge, and checked out the large flower garden, or, more specifically, the huge sprinkler in the flower garden.
Once we got to the childrens' garden, Alison had a ball. We discovered the pig trough and all the watering cans they had there. Alison decided she must water stuff, so we grabbed a watering can and I filled it up for her (the water in the trough was to low for her to reach it at that point). She watered some dirt next to one of the vegetable plants, she watered the sidewalk (a lot) and she watered her feet. We even gave the big bronze pig statue a drink from the watering can, too, since he was hot an looked like he could use a drink. :) We eventually made our way over to the other side of the garden where there are three small holes in the ground that water shoots out of. Alison wasn't to interested in getting near the shots of water, but she screamed with laughter at all the other kids who were running around getting wet. We spent a long time there, and finally it was time to head back to the car so we could come home and meet daddy for lunch. The walk back took a long time, becasue someone was starting to get tired, but at least she consented to letting me carry her a little bit here and there. The puddles were still there, so we stomped through them again. It was a very fun morning. I'm really mad at myself, though, because I forgot to bring the camera with me!
Last night, Kevin's softball team played in the district tournament. They had the potential of playing in three games. We ate dinner early so he could eat before the first game. I stayed home with Alison and told him that if it looked like they were going to win the first game to let me know and we'd come for the second game, as long as it didn't rain (the clouds had rolled in shortly after 4:00 and we were expecting bad storms). They won the first game, so I packed us up and headed to the ball field. After wandering around and checking things out for a little bit, Alison finally settled down to play in the dirt and pebbles at the end of the pad of concrete that held the team bench. She was in heaven! My little girl who doesn't like to get dirty was soon covered in dirt....hands, legs, shirt, shorts, dirt everywhere. I think she played there for at least half an hour. At the bottom of the fifth inning, we headed over to the little concession stand to see what they had to offer and came back with a pretzel to share and a bottle of pop for me. Alison climbed up into her parked stroller and attempted to put the snack tray back in place by herself. Then she started asking for bites of the pretzel. Again I was kicking myself for not bringing the camera with me, because I looked over at her to see her kicked back with her foot up on the tray, knawing on a pretzel, watching what was going on in the game.
Kevin's team lost the game, and I don't think anyone was too upset about it. They had a good chance of winning the first game. They had a so-so chance of winning the second game, but there is no way they would have won the third game. I was kind of glad they lost, becasue we have things to do today that couldn't be done if he was playing double elimination softball games all day.
Yesterday was a great day.
Once we got to the childrens' garden, Alison had a ball. We discovered the pig trough and all the watering cans they had there. Alison decided she must water stuff, so we grabbed a watering can and I filled it up for her (the water in the trough was to low for her to reach it at that point). She watered some dirt next to one of the vegetable plants, she watered the sidewalk (a lot) and she watered her feet. We even gave the big bronze pig statue a drink from the watering can, too, since he was hot an looked like he could use a drink. :) We eventually made our way over to the other side of the garden where there are three small holes in the ground that water shoots out of. Alison wasn't to interested in getting near the shots of water, but she screamed with laughter at all the other kids who were running around getting wet. We spent a long time there, and finally it was time to head back to the car so we could come home and meet daddy for lunch. The walk back took a long time, becasue someone was starting to get tired, but at least she consented to letting me carry her a little bit here and there. The puddles were still there, so we stomped through them again. It was a very fun morning. I'm really mad at myself, though, because I forgot to bring the camera with me!
Last night, Kevin's softball team played in the district tournament. They had the potential of playing in three games. We ate dinner early so he could eat before the first game. I stayed home with Alison and told him that if it looked like they were going to win the first game to let me know and we'd come for the second game, as long as it didn't rain (the clouds had rolled in shortly after 4:00 and we were expecting bad storms). They won the first game, so I packed us up and headed to the ball field. After wandering around and checking things out for a little bit, Alison finally settled down to play in the dirt and pebbles at the end of the pad of concrete that held the team bench. She was in heaven! My little girl who doesn't like to get dirty was soon covered in dirt....hands, legs, shirt, shorts, dirt everywhere. I think she played there for at least half an hour. At the bottom of the fifth inning, we headed over to the little concession stand to see what they had to offer and came back with a pretzel to share and a bottle of pop for me. Alison climbed up into her parked stroller and attempted to put the snack tray back in place by herself. Then she started asking for bites of the pretzel. Again I was kicking myself for not bringing the camera with me, because I looked over at her to see her kicked back with her foot up on the tray, knawing on a pretzel, watching what was going on in the game.
Kevin's team lost the game, and I don't think anyone was too upset about it. They had a good chance of winning the first game. They had a so-so chance of winning the second game, but there is no way they would have won the third game. I was kind of glad they lost, becasue we have things to do today that couldn't be done if he was playing double elimination softball games all day.
Yesterday was a great day.
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