Toddlers and preschoolers have been known to be a little selfish, a little self-absorbed.
I know, you’re shocked but its true!!
In the past couple weeks, Brooke has let her sweet nature shine through the ever present “gimmes” and “mines!”.
Scene 1:
We took Sheed to the dentist for a teeth cleaning. When we picked him up, his leg was bandaged from where they put in his IV.
The next morning, I sat down to take his bandage off. Sheed was kinda fidgety and trying to get away so I was struggling a little bit.
Brooke told me she was “scared” and wanted to stand where she didn’t have to watch and went by the door.
Finally, I got Sheed’s bandage unwrapped and headed to the closet for a treat.
That’s when she saw it…the area of his leg they had shaved so they could insert the IV.
Girlfriend lost it!! Her little heart was broken and the tears ran as she mumbled something about hurting Sheed.
I explained to her that it was just like when Daddy shaves his face and that it doesn’t hurt it just takes the hair away.
She was sad about it still when we got home that night.
Scene 2:
We got an adorable birth announcement for Miss Audrey!!
On it is 3 pictures – one of Audrey from the waist up, one of her cute little tootsies and one from the hospital of her shortly after birth in the little plastic thing they put babies in that’s name escapes me.
Brooke and I were talking about it and she asked about the picture of Audrey’s feet.
“Those are her feet. Aren’t they so tiny?”
Then she asked about the hospital picture.
“That’s Audrey while she was still in the hospital.”
Fear flashed in Brooke’s eyes. “Like a doctor?”
I could sense the waterworks coming so I explained that babies are born in the hospital and it doesn’t mean they are sick. I told her how she was born in a hospital too.
She looked at me a little skeptical but finally accepted my answer.
What sweet things have your kiddos done or said lately?
