EmmaNZ Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I have just pulled half a cashew nut out of my 2 year olds right nostril......... but there is still another half stuck high up on the left side that is not budging. Ack! :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Use a straw and suction it out. I have had to do that with each of my sons for some foreign object in the nose. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlylocks Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 :grouphug: -- my friend's daughter shoved a Tic Tac up her nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 DS used to do that with unpopped popcorn kernels (as in he did that multiple times!). I would cover the clear nostril and have her "blow" as if she's blowing her nose -- that always worked for DS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Do you have one of those nasal bulb sucker thingies they give you at the hospital when you have a baby? I used mine quite a few times over the years to remove a variety of foreign objects from nostrils (red hot, lego, macaroni noodle - to name a few) If you can get the child to blow at the same time as using the sucker bulb, it works much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Did you get it out yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty Mathy Mom Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 My youngest stuck a plastic bead up her nose. Our doctor told me to close the nostril that was clear and then blow into her mouth like you were doing mouth to mouth resuscitation. The bead popped out on the second blow. Saved us a trip to see the doctor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 My 2 year old started crying once and I KNEW something was up there, as she started sneezing and she never sneezes. Sure enough, as we were grabbing shoes to go to the doctor (she also doesn't usually cry, and she was panicked), a piece of stick appeared at the end. i was able to grab and pull, and it was a 1/2 inch stick, a sliver of mulch. OW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 This thread is making me cringe. Thankfully, I've not had to deal with this yet. Have you gotten it out yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyS Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 :grouphug: -- my friend's daughter shoved a Tic Tac up her nose. Tic tacs aren't so bad. They'll eventually dissolve. :lol: I don't know why kids do that. My toddler put a black bean, uncooked, up his nose just last week. Even told me after he did it. :glare: Unfortunately, when we failed to get it out (even attempted employing a shop vac), we took him to the DR because we were afraid it would swell up if left too long. Why couldn't he have done something that dissolves like your friend's daughter? Then all would have been well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Oh my! I hope you got the other piece out! (If you can have someone video tape it, perhaps it would be a candidate for America's Funniest Home Videos.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlylocks Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Tic tacs aren't so bad. They'll eventually dissolve. :lol: True...:tongue_smilie: But it was Peppermint and the little girl kept saying, "My nose is hot!" It must have burned...I really can't imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 True...:tongue_smilie: But it was Peppermint and the little girl kept saying, "My nose is hot!" It must have burned...I really can't imagine. :lol: This probably isn't funny, but it is. Ya know what I mean?;) Bet she thought twice before trying that again. Of course, for some kids this would be a good science hypothesis: "Will all tic tacs dissolve in your nose and burn while doing so?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 We dealt with this when dd was little, only it was raisins she stuck up there. We were on the way to the hospital when she sneezed and out it came. So my suggestion? Stick a tray of pepper under her nose, have her look at a bright light, etc. Get her to sneeze :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I got a pea or corn stuck in a nostril when I was about four. I totally deserved it because my brother and I were sticking them up our noses and blowing them out into our soup. I did have to go to the doctor to get it removed but only after all our neighbors had a go at it. I have interesting memories of lying down with all different faces over me and finally the doctor with the tools and the bright light on his head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmaNZ Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Thanks for the sympathy. We can't get it out. We've tried all your suggestions (the straw - great idea by the way!, the mouth to mouth etc etc). Now he just won't even engage with us and is screaming when we try anything. It's night here and he's fallen asleep. I'm planning on trying to suck it out again whilst he's sleeping, but at the moment it looks as though we have a trip to the doctor on the cards tomorrow. :glare: I won't bore you with all the other toddler delights this little one dreamed up today. Suffice to say this is not the first crisis of the day............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Oh no! I'm going to hope your situation resolves so that you can avoid a trip to the doctor tomorrow. It's usually coffee beans with my punks. Once it was holly berries. Gah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I hope you can get it out in the morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfarm Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Dd's pediatrician was a great guy who over the years developed quite the local reputation for being able to get foreign objects out of kids' noses. He laughed and told me once, "I never knew I'd become a professional nose picker!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcarolinamom Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 My hubby removed a popcorn seed from my son's nose with the back end of a hairpin. -- the rounded part. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 My son stuck a (raw) bean up there. Twice. Once I got him to blow when the other nostril was covered. The other time I put in a drop of either some nose spray or saline eye drops to lubricate. When I was a kid, I put a vitamin c tablet up my nose, and after hours, it finally melted out, in the doctor's waiting room. So I sort of figured I deserved it. Let us know what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Tic tacs aren't so bad. They'll eventually dissolve. :lol: I don't know why kids do that. My toddler put a black bean, uncooked, up his nose just last week. Even told me after he did it. :glare: Unfortunately, when we failed to get it out (even attempted employing a shop vac), we took him to the DR because we were afraid it would swell up if left too long. Why couldn't he have done something that dissolves like your friend's daughter? Then all would have been well. Yeah, beans are bad. My granddad's friend died back in the 30s from shoving uncooked beans up his nose. They swelled up and cut off his air. This was in Appalachia in the Depression, so there was no medical care to speak of. I've pulled any number of things from my kids' noses. Why? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyontheFarm Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 My nephew shoved a dry bean up his nose and didn't tell anyone - for weeks! It was when his breath smelt soo bad that mom thought he had a throat infection and took him to the dr that he was finally found out. The bean had started to sprout! :ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 When my sister was two, she stuck 30ish popcorn kernels in her nose. They had to surgically remove them, and when they finally got to them, they had moved into her sinuses and started to sprout. :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 This thread is making me :svengo: . Thank the Lord that my older two have done nothing like this....and I pray that my 9 month old doesn't try it either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmaNZ Posted August 4, 2012 Author Share Posted August 4, 2012 We got it out :party: At 4.30 in the morning! Neither DH or I could sleep and we kept getting up to pick at it. In the end I held him down (he was still mostly asleep) and DH picked it out with a pair of tweezers. If we'd taken him to the doctor I'm sure he would have needed sedation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Wow, what fun times. Thank goodness it is out!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpoy85 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I had to LOL at this thread. WOW. I am yet to experience this and hope i dont. It is funny though that kids do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcarolinamom Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 We got it out :party: At 4.30 in the morning! Neither DH or I could sleep and we kept getting up to pick at it. In the end I held him down (he was still mostly asleep) and DH picked it out with a pair of tweezers. If we'd taken him to the doctor I'm sure he would have needed sedation. :lol: Yeah, baby! Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Geesh! The good news is thT he won't want to go through that again!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 We got it out :party: At 4.30 in the morning! Neither DH or I could sleep and we kept getting up to pick at it. In the end I held him down (he was still mostly asleep) and DH picked it out with a pair of tweezers. If we'd taken him to the doctor I'm sure he would have needed sedation. Thank goodness it's out! That's the method I used on ds. He had a lightbrite toy bulb thing (like a small christmas tree light) in his nose and kept crying and pushing it further in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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