Another way to tell them apart
Patrick and Luke were taking a very long time getting to sleep recently. Then I remembered a recommendation from a sleep book that bedrooms should be for sleep only and have no toys or other distractions. Great! I loaded up a bin full of toys and dumped them in the basement. The twins are considerably more bored than before so that makes them a little more creative and adventurous. Consequently, they started rocking the changing table so it hits the wall and jumping on their beds when they are alone in their room. We don’t know which of these activities was the culprit on Saturday, but we entered the room with Luke screaming and blood all over. He had split his forehead. The cut was only about an inch long, but it was starting to get pretty wide.
It’s tough to gage whether something needs stitches or not, but I just kind of thought it did. Plus, it was right in the middle of his forehead so the scar would be visible for the rest of his life. Instead of stitches, the doctor used “Dermabond”, which is basically superglue for skin. I was very proud of Luke. He winced a little when they were cleaning out the wound, but he did great when they were applying the Dermabond. Overall, he was a wonderful little boy the whole time we were at the doctors office.
Early the next morning, we found the dermabond film stuck to a tab of his diaper. I called around to see if they could fix it still (there’s only a limited amount of time for wounds to be able to be sealed) We got a definite “maybe” and had to head back in. It was tough to really make that decision since the roads were completely ice covered and there was a lot of flooding in the streets. I actually saw a huge SUV teetering on top of a snow bank about two feet from plummeting down a steep hill into the Milwaukee river. I hope that guy was on his way to church.
In the end, Luke ended up with Steri strips (that he’s already taken off). I guess the scar is here to stay and bigger than we want, but that’s life with a two-year-old. It feels weird as a parent to realize that your child now has a permanent scar on their body. With this one, Luke will have to look at it every day (once he’s old enough to look in a mirror)
It’s tough to gage whether something needs stitches or not, but I just kind of thought it did. Plus, it was right in the middle of his forehead so the scar would be visible for the rest of his life. Instead of stitches, the doctor used “Dermabond”, which is basically superglue for skin. I was very proud of Luke. He winced a little when they were cleaning out the wound, but he did great when they were applying the Dermabond. Overall, he was a wonderful little boy the whole time we were at the doctors office.
Early the next morning, we found the dermabond film stuck to a tab of his diaper. I called around to see if they could fix it still (there’s only a limited amount of time for wounds to be able to be sealed) We got a definite “maybe” and had to head back in. It was tough to really make that decision since the roads were completely ice covered and there was a lot of flooding in the streets. I actually saw a huge SUV teetering on top of a snow bank about two feet from plummeting down a steep hill into the Milwaukee river. I hope that guy was on his way to church.
In the end, Luke ended up with Steri strips (that he’s already taken off). I guess the scar is here to stay and bigger than we want, but that’s life with a two-year-old. It feels weird as a parent to realize that your child now has a permanent scar on their body. With this one, Luke will have to look at it every day (once he’s old enough to look in a mirror)
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