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Boy time flies, doesn't it? I can't believe we are getting ready to celebrate Gish's fifth birthday. Five. How is that possible? This is my BABY. No, I refuse to believe that 5 years have passed since he decided to make his appearance. I overheard a conversation between Gish and SG the other day in which they were talking about an argument that they had "inside Mommy's tummy." Apparently, Gish was hogging the space so SG pushed him. When I interrupted that they were not inhabiting the space at the same time, SG informed me that "well, Gish was only this big" when that happened and that seemed perfectly reasonable to both of them. Ok.
Remember I said that I believe my kids have superpowers? Gish's superpower made an appearance again in a rather scary way. Remember that his superpower is his tolerance for pain. Well, about a month ago he brushed the back of his hand against an outdoor chimnea and got some pretty severe burns on the back of his hand. He cried for a few minutes but then seemed fine. By the time I got him to the doctor, his hand was purple and a good part of the skin had blistered, popped and scraped off. Yuck. He hardly showed any sign of discomfort. I gave him some precautionary ibuprofin that night in case he was in any pain but he never needed medicating after that. ANYWAY, the burn is finally healing and all that is left is a pink scar (hopefully a temporary one) where the worst of the burn was. I have been putting lotion with vitamin e and cocoa butter on it every night to try to minimize the scar. Somehow in his head, he now equates lotion with fixing boo boos. He came running to me the other day holding his thumb out (which he claims was cut but I didn't see anything) and begging me to "put lotion on it!" I was baffled at first until I realized what he was talking about. So I put a little of the cocoa butter lotion on it and he didn't mention it again. This happened a couple more times with a other boo boos and worked each time. Lotion. Who new? At least my kid will have the supplest hands on the playground.
Remember I said that I believe my kids have superpowers? Gish's superpower made an appearance again in a rather scary way. Remember that his superpower is his tolerance for pain. Well, about a month ago he brushed the back of his hand against an outdoor chimnea and got some pretty severe burns on the back of his hand. He cried for a few minutes but then seemed fine. By the time I got him to the doctor, his hand was purple and a good part of the skin had blistered, popped and scraped off. Yuck. He hardly showed any sign of discomfort. I gave him some precautionary ibuprofin that night in case he was in any pain but he never needed medicating after that. ANYWAY, the burn is finally healing and all that is left is a pink scar (hopefully a temporary one) where the worst of the burn was. I have been putting lotion with vitamin e and cocoa butter on it every night to try to minimize the scar. Somehow in his head, he now equates lotion with fixing boo boos. He came running to me the other day holding his thumb out (which he claims was cut but I didn't see anything) and begging me to "put lotion on it!" I was baffled at first until I realized what he was talking about. So I put a little of the cocoa butter lotion on it and he didn't mention it again. This happened a couple more times with a other boo boos and worked each time. Lotion. Who new? At least my kid will have the supplest hands on the playground.
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