Bandages

Photos: September 3, 2007

We've been potty training with Jonas for a few months now. He came up with his own reward system of getting a cool bandage (not band-aid, he will correct you if you say that) when he successfully uses the toilet. He also gets 3 Sesame Street stickers on his "Toilet Chart" (a piece of paper on the back of the bathroom door w/ a picture of a toilet and his name on it) which he loves almost as much as the bandage. Jonas was extremely excited when Auntie DeAnne, Big Uncle and Cousin Cody included a tin box of cowboy bandages as part of his birthday present. There were 30 bandages in the box and they lasted less than 3 weeks. As you can see in the photos, at one point he had his entire left leg covered. Usually the bandages last a day or two at the most since they come off in the bath...not so with the huge brown cowboy bandages. Apparently they were made for cowboys who like their bandages extra sticky so they stay on forever. After several days Tony made Jonas take them off which, not surprisingly, ended in tears. But, never fear, there's an infinite number of opportunities to earn more bandages. We've already been through a box of Backyardigans bandages and Peanuts (Jonas says Snoofy) bandages and now we're halfway through SpongeBob Squarepants. The best part is that Jonas always has some scrapes and scratches on his legs and lots of bandages but never bandages over the scratches...they are just for decoration, not medical purposes.