Speaking of things where they don't belong...

As a follow up to the bead story, I thought I'd add this. Tonight as Ava was putting her pajamas on, she said there was something in the foot of her pajamas that was bothering her. I was about to say, "Don't be fussy. I'm sure it's nothing. Just finish putting your pajamas on." But I decided to let her work it out while I helped the other kids.

Ava's sense of discomfort proved to be accurate. There was something in the foot of her pajamas. She slipped her hand into the foot and pulled out....a two inch roofing nail. What?! How did that get there?! Pretty much all fingers pointed toward me. I'm in the construction business; I'm the only one that handles nails. It all came together when Heidi said she found a nail in the dryer. I guess I need to empty my pockets of nails before my clothes go into the wash.

Kind of crazy how a roofing nail can find it's way into a kid's pajama footy.

The Bead

We had a moment of excitement yesterday. Stella came up to me whining about her nose. I thought her runny nose was bothering her, so I wiped it and went back to whatever I was doing. A couple seconds later, Heidi (a bit more "with it" than me) came rushing up to me with Stella and said: "Stella put a bead up her nose!" I'm not even sure how Heidi could see it. It was WAY up there, almost out of sight.

Now at this point most parents would probably realize the foolishness of trying to get something out their kid's nose and rather than take the risk of pushing the foreign object farther up, would take their toddler to the emergency room. Not us. We're kind of burned out on ER visits and the financial kick in the pants we've gotten lately.

So I told Heidi (my nurse) to get the tweezers. She put Stella in some sort of immobilizing, wrestling hold. Then with flashlight in one hand and tweezers in the other, I probed into the far reaches of Stella's right nostril. She cried and contorted and tried to flop like a fish out of water. Thankfully, nurse Heidi's vise-like hold enabled me to skillfully grasp the bead and pull it of the dark cave. With the snotty bead out, we all breathed a sigh of relief.

Sometimes kids put things where they don't belong.