There we were... two days successfully into the New Year. The house was cleaned (more or less). Dinner was served and the kids were eating it (more or less).
And then.
Then he stuck a pea up his noseYep. And it's not the child I thought would do it either. Those quiet, silent types, I tell ya!
No, it was my firstborn. The careful observer. The more timid of the two.
HE! Of all people - stuck a PEA up his nose!?!
I didn't even believe him when he said, "Mommy, there's a pea up my nose!" Then I looked, and sure enough a green globe stuck in orbit up one nostril.
I asked why...
(I know, I couldn't help it). He said, "So the train could pull it out."
Who knows... what really makes preschoolers do anything, right?
Thankfully, he snorted it out while I was googling what do to. Because Google told me to take him to the ER. And we're having a snowstorm over here.
So. Thank you, my child, for that boogered pea and the stunned look on your face when it shot out of your nose. "It came out!" he exclaimed!
Thank you, God, for watching over my child... even when peas go up noses.
Of course, now I need to reprogram my 17 month old who watched the entire episode unfold.
Because, the little guy has been doing THIS lately:
Has your child ever stuck a pea (or other foriegn object) up their nose?! Do tell me about it!
My sister once got a small button up her nose. To this date I don't know how she did it, but I remember being in the hospital waiting room late at night grumpy and all. Glad the pea came out, but gross!
My sister once got a small button up her nose. To this date I don't know how she did it, but I remember being in the hospital waiting room late at night grumpy and all. Glad the pea came out, but gross!
Oh! This brings back memories ... of a four-year-old being tied to a stiff board in the ER to keep her still while the docs pulled a couple of Nerds out of her ear! How lucky that he snorted it out! 🙂
Oh! This brings back memories ... of a four-year-old being tied to a stiff board in the ER to keep her still while the docs pulled a couple of Nerds out of her ear! How lucky that he snorted it out! 🙂
LOVED this post and helped me start my day with a smile. Had to come over tonight to see what E. was up to. So fun at your house! 🙂
LOVED this post and helped me start my day with a smile. Had to come over tonight to see what E. was up to. So fun at your house! 🙂
This is so funny( I know not when it happens, but after the nose extraction) my oldest daughter was out with a friend of mine she decided to stick a rock up her nose, but being stubborn we took her to hospital where it took my hubby 2 doctors to try and hold a 2 year old down enoughso we could try and get the rock out( even the doctors were getting frustrated with her) so they decided to give her medication s to relax her, but the turkey would not take the meds. ( we even tried giving her chips and pop but still no luck) so with only a little meds she ended up going to the opperating table. They even kept it for me, until a mouse ate it lol. But at least my youngest didn't see this because I was still pregnant with her. What kids will do lol. We started calling her pebbles after that:). Thank you for sharing it gave me a laugh remembering, but now she is 19 and no longer sticks anything up her nose now.
This is so funny( I know not when it happens, but after the nose extraction) my oldest daughter was out with a friend of mine she decided to stick a rock up her nose, but being stubborn we took her to hospital where it took my hubby 2 doctors to try and hold a 2 year old down enoughso we could try and get the rock out( even the doctors were getting frustrated with her) so they decided to give her medication s to relax her, but the turkey would not take the meds. ( we even tried giving her chips and pop but still no luck) so with only a little meds she ended up going to the opperating table. They even kept it for me, until a mouse ate it lol. But at least my youngest didn't see this because I was still pregnant with her. What kids will do lol. We started calling her pebbles after that:). Thank you for sharing it gave me a laugh remembering, but now she is 19 and no longer sticks anything up her nose now.
Julie, I saw this post in my inbox and had to hop over right away to read it. One day when I was little, I stuck a vitamin C in my nose when we were boarding up to go someplace. I got a bit distressed when I couldn't blow it out. I still remember my mom asking me (with distress and frustration in her voice) why I had done it. I'm pretty sure my answer was, "I don't know." At least A had a good reason for putting a pea in there. It wasn't fun but she did get it out. Tears were definitely involved. As for E, you'll have to get him to stop so he doesn't suck his fingers up into his brain. 😉
Julie, I saw this post in my inbox and had to hop over right away to read it. One day when I was little, I stuck a vitamin C in my nose when we were boarding up to go someplace. I got a bit distressed when I couldn't blow it out. I still remember my mom asking me (with distress and frustration in her voice) why I had done it. I'm pretty sure my answer was, "I don't know." At least A had a good reason for putting a pea in there. It wasn't fun but she did get it out. Tears were definitely involved. As for E, you'll have to get him to stop so he doesn't suck his fingers up into his brain. 😉