Today we followed up with a visit to our nurse where we had the burn examined and got some supplies for bandaging tiny fingers. Monroe had fun chatting with everyone she saw and was wonderfully still while we wrapped her bandages.
She's never been able to leave hair clips in her hair, or to leave her sun hat on or anything like that, so I expected a challenge to leaving her bandage in place. When I explained to her I would give her a quarter for every hour she left her bandage on, I half expected the deal to go over her head but she found it completely motivating. She's earned 10 quarters and hasn't meddled with a single bandage since we struck that deal! (The cute thing about Monroe's obsession with quarters is that she doesn't relate to them as a store of value or something to exchange for anything else. She just loves them for their round shiny goodness!)
We immediately play-tested the bandages in the toddler room at Santa Monica Public Library.
Yes! Thank God you were able to do that quickly. When our son was little, he burned the whole palm of his right hand and we had to take a quick trip to the hospital. He's been left handed ever since - whether from that or not, I don't know. I'm glad that Roe's burn will heal quickly.
ReplyDeleteGreat Aunt Geneva
God bless her little hand---and her little heart!
ReplyDeleteGREAT Grandpa Adams