It all started so innocently this morning. Kate was eating her typical breakfast of bananas, yogurt and cereal when she started being silly. She decided to try sticking cheerios near her nose to get us to laugh. I wasn't too concerned about this little trick since clearly the diameter of the cereal precluded it from going against gravity into her nose. This was, however, a precursor of what was to come later in the day.
All went well until this evening at supper. She was enjoying her food when she decided to try the nose trick with a kernel of corn. Unfortunately, the kernel got away from her and got up into her nose. We heard, "Uh-oh, corn in nofah! (nose)" Sure enough we could see the little kernal peeking out from her nostril. The pragmatic side of us went for the bulb syringe, but the panicking 2 year old started inhaling from her nose deeply. After seeing the kernal being drawn deep into her sinus...Mommy started dialing.
Aunt Sue suggested calling the pediatrician on call...
The pediatrician on call suggested sitting tight over night and coming into the office tomorrow for a "procedure" to make sure the nasal passage was clear...
Uncle Jim suggested using a blow dryer up her nose to "pop" the kernal...
The 2 year old would just like everyone to leave her along and stop looking up her nose. When asked if she planned on sticking anything else up her nose in the future...she said "No...sniff...sniff"
1 comment:
poor baby - glad all is better now!
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