Next time you see a fly trap look at it from a 2 year old's perspective. It's brightly colored, shiny, sticky looking like a fruit roll-up. Perhaps that is what started the events of the evening. The baby came running into the back of the house with the air of a child who has stolen a magnificent treat and must hide it quickly. Want to guess what that "treat" was? He had found a fly trap, which HAD been in a secure, baby proofed cabinet. Have you ever tried to wash glue off the hands and face of a very small child? Especially if the glue is....persistent? The box the fly trap came from said, "If this product comes into contact with skin, wash with warm water and soap". Obviously, flies can read and this was put on the box to give them false hope. Soap and water just made the glue on the skin into clean glue. In the process of this washing, now Mommy and baby are both coated with glue. Plan B, soak in warm water failed royally. Plan C, scrub hard with washrag and pouf failed too. Plan D, use a baby wipe (which as everyone knows contains magical properties that remove stains of all varieties) also failed. By this time, I was crying, my adult helpers were crying, the baby was crying, and the bathroom was flooded by Plans A and B.
Should this ever happen to you, the solution is vegetable oil. Dab it on with a cotton ball, let it set on the skin for a few minutes and then gently wipe off.
I need a tranquilizer and a Benadryl. Lesson 2 for the day: I'm allergic to anti-bacterial dish detergent.
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