Chloe's Stitches

So after talking with some friends, I think that I've decided that the second born child is probably the most "active" child. This is definitely true when it comes to Chloe. She's constantly running every where she goes, climbs up and on whatever she can and takes risks without any regard to her own safety. I love my girl, but she's one I am constantly having to keep my eye on.
Last week after a wonderfully uplifting and inspiring conference weekend, we had to end our Sunday night with Jed taking Chloe to urgent care to get stitches again. This was the second time she had to get them within a 3 month period.

The first time she got into my sewing supplies and decided to play with my rotary cutter and sliced her finger. She had to get three stitches in her middle finger. She never cried when they stitched her up but she freaked out all the time afterwards when her band aid would fall off (or when she pulled it off) and would scream if we tried to give her a bath because she knew she wasn't supposed to get it wet. She had to keep her stitches for 10 days. She also cried when they removed the stitches even though that was the part that didn't hurt.

This last time she was running around our kitchen with Elijah chasing after her. Chloe slipped on a piece of paper that they had knocked onto the ground and hit her chin on the wood floor. We told her she had to go back to the doctors and that's when she started to cry. We calmed her down by promising her that she would get to wear her "kitty bandages" (Hello Kitty Band Aids). She stopped crying and again didn't cry while they stitched her up. She did a lot better this time and didn't freak out about her stitches afterwards although she hated getting baths. And this time she didn't cry when she had to get them removed.

I love my active and spunky little girl, I'd just like to avoid Urgent Care!