Large Band aids are for Large Boo Boo's

It would do all of us mothers well to remember that 'out of the mouths of babes' is a very real reality. Our children will put us on the spot or make our faces turn red more times than we would care to admit. So is true for me on such an occasion and my youngest daughter was a pro at this. Like all toddlers during the curiosity stage, she was very inquisitive and full of the desire to enhance her learning capabilities. She would do this in the typical manner of getting into, or onto and then into anything that could open.

On one such occasion she came out of the bathroom one late afternoon with a box of feminine pads... the large, long ones that were left over after she was born. Holding the box with one hand, she had one pad in the other hand and one of them partially stuffed in her pants pocket and entered the kitchen where I was getting dinner going. I did my best not to laugh because I knew she was about to ask me another one of her famous and 'very serious' questions just by the look on her face.... and she did. "Mommy, what are these for?" Now I don't know how anyone else would have responded to that question but I couldn't see myself going into a lengthy dissertation on the facts of life to a 3 year old but I also believe in telling my children the truth when they ask. So my answer was simple and to the point. "Why, they are mommy's large band aids!".... to which she asked, "For large booboo's?" I said, "Yes, honey, for very large booboo's." She was content with that answer and I swapped the pads for a cookie which she deemed was a good trade, but the story does not end there.

A few days later, I took her grocery shopping with me and like I always do, I go up and down the rows to make sure I haven't forgotten something that should have been on my list. When we rounded the corner into the next aisle, right there in front of her eyes on the shelf was a whole stack of the same boxes of those pads. And... 'out of the mouths of babes' was no exception for this little one because she became so excited when she saw them that from the top of her lungs came the statement "LOOK, MOMMY! THEY HAVE BIG BANDAIDS FOR YOUR BOOBOO'S HERE JUST LIKE YOU DO AT HOME!" And to further my embarrassment, there were 2 gentlemen standing at the end of the aisle chatting that went into full fledged hysteria and a teenage boy who was stocking shelves that had to stop his work in order to regain his composure from laughing so hard. And I stood there dumbfounded and as red as a beet in the face while she was trying to get my attention to respond to her excitement.

And, it wasn't over yet. I leaned down to her and acknowledged the find by whispering in her ear as we proceeded down the aisle in haste without looking like I was running away from the scene of the crime. Around in the next aisle was an older lady who had also heard my daughter's statement and of course had to make a comment to me about it. That got my daughter all fired up again and with a big smile on her face like she had found a treasure, she responded to the lady before I did saying, "They were just like my mommy's!" For the remainder of the shopping trip, things pretty well settled down without further incident until we reached the check out lanes. Without realizing it, I picked a check out lane right beside the two gentlemen that had overheard my daughter earlier. As soon as they saw us, they immediately started laughing again. I couldn't find another lane without bringing even more embarrassment on myself so I just stood there and smiled back at them.

By Sunny Hull

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