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"Blue Ball Syringe of Death"

.....that's what I Googled to find directions on how to use a bulb syringe (Google taught me the correct term) on my kidlet's nose.  For all of my non parent readers out there a bulb syringe looks like this:

This thing looks pretty scary if you ask me.  I wasn't sure how or when to use the dang thing, but my kiddo had a nasty sound in her nose area, so I figured I would give it a shot.

So I have a confession, I even watched a YouTube video.  It looked simple enough.  Stick the thing in, pull the snot out, and baby giggles.  Ya right, great editing trick on that one.

You would have thought I was preforming an exorcism on the poor child.  And that was before I could even get it in her nose.  She was just pissed off at me because I wouldn't let her suck on it.  You can only imagine her total anger and frustration when I put that thing in her nose and sucked her brains out.  Sheesh, luckily, it appears to be just a little runny nose (or some snorted sweet potatoes during feeding time), nothing major.  But I am NOT looking forward to her first full blown illness.

On other news, kidlet has tooth number two coming in now.  I think it is adorable.  I can't wait.  It appears as if she is going to have her two bottom ones.  I am looking forward to a day when she isn't a total drool machine.  Actually, I am not, because that means she is growing up to fast.

Well that's all I've got.  You become a mom and blog about runny noses, teething, and drool.  Aren't I so interesting?

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