Things Vivian Likes: Band-Aids

It’s been a while since we posted an installment of “Things We Like,” so we thought an update was in order.  By now, you’ve probably figured out that Vivian likes, and we mean REALLY likes, Disney princesses.  Her favorite princess varies from week to week, but Ariel, Belle, Aurora and Tiana are always in the running.  However, Vivian has another obsession we haven’t mentioned: she loves Band-Aids.  Hardly a day passes without a trip to the medicine closet.  The slightest bump, poke or graze is an excuse for another Band-Aid.  Often there’s no actual injury, just a firm insistence that something hurts and needs bandaging.  These “invisi-booboos” can appear in the strangest places: forehead, neck, belly, even the bottom of her feet.  If there’s an open patch of skin, it’s ripe for bandaging.  Not surprisingly, we have princess-themed Band-Aids (although recently we’ve branched out to Dora).  And heaven help us if we apply a Rapunzel Band-Aid for a booboo that requires Snow White.  We’ve tried weaning Viv of this addiction, but in the grand scheme of things, it seems like a harmless habit.  We’ve just had to get accustomed to seeing our daughter covered in adhesive bandages for most of the year.