Well... we've officially had our first "child places foreign object up nose" incident this morning. Zoe was in hysterics and managed to tell me that she put her little Flinstones vitamin up her nose :rolleyes: :lol: Oh my goodness. When she first told me and I looked I could see it... but it was wedged SO far up there... no possible way I'd be able to get it out. And as I covered the clear nostril and encouraged her to blow... she ended up just breathing in so hard that I'm sure it just pulled it further up there. Sigh. Of course... she'd sneeze here and there and have runny nose a bit which is a beautiful dyed red color. :lol: I know I shouldn't laugh... she was SOOO upset... but I just can't help it. Right now she is completely calm... there is NO sight of it... and she's watching t.v. When I tried to get her to smell some pepper (to get her to sneeze) she resisted. I'm pretty sure the darn thing will just dissolve and it'll probably work it's own way out. Since it's not obstructing her breathing or bothering her anymore... I'm wondering if I should pursue it? If it was a SOLID object like a bead or something I would definitely take her to the pedi... but since it SHOULD dissolve... I don't know that it's necessary. What do you guys think?

If she starts complaining about it again I think I might try something I read on the internet... which is to cover the childs clear nostril than blow into their mouth... that should make it come out the affected nostril. :lol: Ugh. I remember I put a bead up my nose in first grade... but I was old enough to understand to blow out my nose to get it out and that eventually worked. BOY I NEVER put anything up my nose again! But Zoe still really doesn't GET the whole blow out your nose concept. We've worked on it a bit... but she just blows out of her mouth still. Anyway... feedback anyone??

I think I would at least call the dr office and see what they say. I don't know that I would just wait and see if it dissolves.

Oh man!! :lol: I'd probably call the doctor anyway, but you're probably right about it eventually dissolving.

I'm not looking forward to our first object-up-the-nose experience.

I'd call the ped's office and ask them. I'm wondering if some warm water would help disolve it :dunno: I'd ask the ped before trying anything though.

Okay. I'm going to call. I have a feeling she's going to say "come in" and then look and see nothing and say there's nothing we can do. Zoe is SAYING she 'feels fine' now... but I notice she keeps messing with it. :lol: I have a feeling it feels like having a big booger up there that's hard and having a hard time coming out. :lol: Sorry. That sounds SO gross. :lol:

:lol: Sorry, I would call and see what they say at least.

Did you call? What did they say?

Hi :) Before I even called I'd done some more reading on-line and one of the things I saw was to cover the un-occluded nostril and BLOW into your childs mouth. :lol: Okay... I admit I tried it. Zoe was laughing hysterically the whole time.. she thought it was SO funny. Nothing happened.

So.... the pedi insisted I take her to the specialist to make sure all was well. Sigh. The ENT told me EXACTLY what I'd thought... i.e. her breathing is unobstructed... it's WATER SOLUBLE so it will dissolve on its own if there IS anything left... and he couldn't see anything either... so it was either too far up there and out of reach or it was already gone. NOTHING he could do. So... 45 minutes of my time and 30 dollars later for a five minute appointment :rolleyes: Oh well.... I at least get to feel like a "good mommy" now for checking it all out :)