Intrigued? Yes, I have band-aid rules. I’d have no energy if I was to panic every time one of my children fell over. I tend to say, “Up-a-day; you’re alright.” Or to my older children, “Get over it.”
My children are not wimps so I know when they’ve really hurt themselves (well mostly). My eldest daughter is as tough as nails. One day, she was over at her cousins house swimming. Someone smashed her head against the bottom of the pool. She didn’t say anything at the time. After I picked her up and she got in the car, I looked back in the rear-vision mirror and saw blood dripping off her chin onto her towel. She had split her chin open on the pool bottom. We ended up in emergency.
I don’t know if my children’s resilience is because of my parenting attitude or a genetic predisposition. A bit of both I would guess.
So, do you want to know my band-aid rules?
Band-aid Rules
No Blood = No Band-aid
Blood = Band-aid
Simple huh? I can appreciate the placebo effect a band-aid can produce; however, I didn’t want to go down that path. I find kisses work just as well.
Scab-grab
Have you had issues with your child pulling the scab off? This is what my mother used to say to me:
“It’s God’s band-aid (our bodies are wonderfully made with the ability to heal) and so you have to wait until it falls off; until God takes it off.”
I surely didn’t want to mess with God’s band-aid so I left it well alone. 
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Love your Mum’s idea of it is God’s band aid….sweet!!!!!!
Same rules at our house Kell and I tell my kids the exact same story of God’s band aid…leave it alone!!! Kisses are still the best healers!
I use the get over it rule and home, maybe with a kiss or cuddle but at School I find a band aid on the hand cures not only a scrape on the leg, but sore tummys, heads and what ever else is the problem. When kids are sad is the most common time they have tummy problems so a band aid to look at say someone cares.
I would be happier to give them a cuddle but sadly you cant touch kids at school anymore.
I know Nicole. I know why they don’t allow it but I just think it is sad hey?
Pretty simple rules to remember! My daughter seems happy with a quick kiss on the affected area at the moment. She is under 2 and is yet to discover band-aids. I like the story about God’s band-aids too. I’m going to use that.
I have one daughter who hunt down bandaids herself! I say no and she assures me she needs one so she helps herself!
I too love the God bandaid – I will use that!
Band-aids just delay the drama, it takes the tears and pain away now, but when it comes time to take it off… So, band-aids are only used if there is blood, but I keep small ice packs in the fridge, they are amazing at fixing everything and best of all they are self serve!
I like ‘God’s band-aids’, I’m going to use that! Thanks
Ha! I have the same rule at my house. No blood – no band-aid. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Wow! You have some great ideas here. I’ll be back……