Last night Brett was cleaning up some toys that got dumped behind the toy bins in his room. I came to see how he was doing and it was all cleaned up but I see "someone" had wrote all over the wall with colored pencils. I asked him what is this? Immediately he said "I'm sorry Mommy". He knew he shouldn't have done it. I said, ok, time to start cleaning it up and gave him a Magic Eraser. (Thankfully those work on lots of things.) He started scrubbing and decided it was hard. Yep! I showed him how he needs to use pressure and it will come off.
After a while I asked him "Why did you do that? You know you only write on paper, you can write whenever you want, didn't Mommy tell you not to write on the wall?" He says "I don't know the why about everything!"
Then it came out that he wanted a track on his wall. Seemed like a good idea. I explained that *I* decorate the house and if he wants a track on his wall he needs to ask me about it. That made sense to him. So I don't think we'll have to do that again soon.
Hi Stacy,
ReplyDeleteI came across your blog through one of the friends. Just noticed you had a need for the Magic Eraser lately, eh? Recently I received an email about this product, warning about a chemical burn you can get from using it. Thought I would pass the website on to you. Certainly don't want your little munchkin to have to go through what that little boy did.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-magic-eraser-burn.htm
Janice
Thanks but I'm not too worried. I've never had a problem with them & he was using it on the wall, not himself. I tend to believe this more, from Mayo clinic website:
ReplyDeleteMagic eraser products, including Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, are considered nontoxic. It's important to be cautious, however. Skin abrasions are possible if magic eraser products are rubbed directly on the skin. Reports of chemical burns caused by magic eraser products have circulated online, but the reports haven't been substantiated in the medical literature. Keep in mind that magic eraser products are not intended for use by children. If you use magic eraser products, carefully follow the precautions printed on the label. If you experience skin irritation, flush the affected area thoroughly with water and apply a clean, moist cloth.
Good to hear from you! Who else is out there?? Let us know! :) Stacy
Aww, what an adorable picture!! It IS a hard lesson to learn, but kudos to you for following thru with making him clean it. I bet he won't do it again! That's one for the scrapbooks, though! Seems like every kid needs to do that at least once! At least he used colored pencils...Megan used a Sharpie pen and the magic eraser took the paint off the wall and STILL left most of the Sharpie on the wall. Thanks for the cute post!!
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