Beware of Band-Aids!!

A few weeks ago Ashlyn was off on her own entertaining herself, so I try not to disturb. Eventually, I went over to see what she was doing and noticed blood spots all over her pajamas (yes, we tend to wear our pj's all day sometimes :) She wasn't crying and hadn't complained all morning, so when I looked at her hands covered in blood I started to freak out a little bit trying to figure out what in the world was happening, where was it coming from. Ashlyn still sat very calmly like it was no big deal, then I realized it was her finger, but not just a little cut but a slice of skin gone. I have never seen something bleed so much, the wound was literally dripping blood so I applied pressure to get it to stop, no telling how long it had already been bleeding. That is when Ashlyn started whining, she didn't want me touching it at all, however, anytime I let go (it was hard to keep pressure when she kept wrestling it away from me) it started dripping blood again everywhere.

Trying to think fast, or figure out where I last saw a band aid, we haven't needed one for awhile, I ran her to the bathroom and put her finger under the cold water, she at least allowed me to do this and keep blood from going everywhere. Then came the band aid, they never seemed very scary but apparently to a two year old who has never seen one it is terrifying! Ashlyn completely lost it, she tried to jump right off the counter and wouldn't let me come near her with the band aid. I tried to explain how it was just like a sticker, but she didn't care. Since the bleeding was not slowing down at all the band aid was our only option short of sitting there all day with her hand in the sink. At this point I still have no idea why her finger is bleeding so much and how she cut it in the first place, minor details! So I finally wrestled one band aid on her as she kicked and screamed and proceeded to pull it right off, once again immediately blood starts dripping everywhere, I'd never seen anything like this. For those of you who know me too well, I tend to faint at the sight of blood, so I was pretty proud of myself for keeping it together:)

Now I was getting mad because she would not cooperate and I could think of no other option to keep her finger from bleeding everywhere, so I turned mean. I tried threatening her to let me put the "sticker" on or else, no luck. I finally resorted to bribery, which worked like a charm. Once the band aid was successfully applied and she realized it would not "kill" her, she was fine and left it on the rest of the day. So a few words of advice, you might want to introduce the band aid to your little ones before they start bleeding all over the place:)