Kissing makes it better

While her sister is questioning the existence of the Tooth Fairy (she’s 4, okay, and hasn’t even lost any teeth yet), Lauren wholeheartedly believes that if you kiss where she got hurt, it will make it feel better.

Which is good, because this kid falls down, gets scratched, pinches her fingers..in short, she gets hurt a lot.

But the Kiss.. and it can be anybody’s kiss (I have recently employed Sydney to do the Kissing for me when I am otherwise occupied), it works wonders. Lauren will be wailing uncontrollably and holding her head, and wala....instantly upon being kissed she is smiling and pointing at whatever object she just fell off of, ready to give it another go.

Sometimes no words, or crying, are exchanged. Lauren falls down, gets up, wanders over, and presents the offending body part to be kissed, then wanders off, content that she has been medicated again.

The other day, though, might have shaken her faith in the Kiss a little bit. She touched a thistle, and a blister developed. She cried, and presented her finger to be kissed. I kissed it and she stopped crying. Two seconds later she looked at her finger with surprise. It still hurt! So she presented it again. I kissed it. No. Still hurts. Kissed it again. No go. Kiss. Wait! Try again? Kiss. Still hurts!

After awhile she simply forgot that her finger hurt and wandered off again. A little while later she was back, pointing to her head and crying. I kissed it. She smiled. Doesn’t hurt!

Phew! The Kiss still works.

For now.