As a taste of summer rolled along this weekend... so did my kid!
A fun filled, active weekend was scarred, so to speak, when my three year old scraped her knee twice in as many days, removing the skin in the exact same spot both times!
I know... "It's part of life," "She'll survive," "It could have been worse, " and as some of the real positive thinkers might says, "It's preparing her for a complex, sometimes painful world." But as she lay there screaming at the top of her lungs and yelling, "don't touch me,"
(My apologies to those who had their pleasant day at the park abruptly shattered) I couldn't help but wish it were me instead.
After concluding that she falls more when her knees are bare (only my imagination, I'm sure) I began to wonder if I should throw out every dress and pair of shorts in her wardrobe? Of course not, but the pain on her face quickly took me back to those excruciating knee scraping days. The ones that don't even surface when I catch a glimpse of my own battle wounds. Like I said, I wish it were me instead.
I'm doing better now. My daughter... well she forgot about the "owy" right after we stopped paying attention to it.
In my search on how to treat her wound I found a few tips interesting:
DON'T Use Hydrogen Peroxide. It cleans but it also destroys skins cells immediately growing.
DO Cover a Cut. Neosporin and a band-aid for a week. The goal is to keep it moist and prevent a scab from forming. Continue with vaseline or something similar and keep it covered until new skin begins to grow
DON'T Expo To Sun. It could discolor the scar.
This might actually lead to a story idea.
Please feel free to offer up any ideas of your own.