What seemed like a pretty calm day took a turn when Miss M walked in to the kitchen and told me, "Mommy, there's a rock in my nose."
This girl gathers rocks everywhere we go. Packs them around, sleeps with them, you name it. She climbed in bed with us a couple nights ago, and the next night when we were headed for bed we found five rocks under our pillows and blankets. A rock made it in her nose a few months ago, but it came out pretty easily so I had totally forgotten about it. This one wasn't so easy.
After trying to pull it out or have her sniff it out, we attempted tweasers (another nope) and going over and behind it with a little screwdriver (another nope). A pediatrician friend of mine had posted on facebook about something called the "mother's kiss" method, where mom covers the childs mouth with her mouth, plugs the unobstructed nostril, and blows. Apparently sometimes this works really well. Sometimes. I tried it a few times before we left, on the way, and after we got there. The rock came down closer (we could always see it), but it still just wouldn't come out. We got right in with a pediatrician since our regular doc was leaving the office soon, and after one failed try with a tweezery thing, he used something normally used for ears, reached in behind it, and was able to get it out (kind of like what I was attempting with the screwdriver).
Miss M was great, holding really still for the doctor. She had fallen asleep on the way to the doctor's office and was still asleep when he first tried, but even the minor movement in her nose was waking her up (can you blame her?), so I woke her up, talked to her for a moment, and she let him do his job.
Funny, when we were at home trying different methods she got a bit fussy at one point. I asked her what was wrong, and she said, "I want to play with my rock!"
Asleep before the doc came in. Look to the right.
The famous rock
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