This is a true story. Everyone is fine. This story is about my great-niece, Elise. I was chatting with my sis this past weekend (she lives in Washington state) when I learned that my four-year-old great-niece, who also lives in Washington, had been taken to the emergency department. Alarmed, I asked if she was okay and what in the world had happened. Turns out, Elise, a mini crafter, stuck one of her mom’s jewelry beads up her nose! The bead was lodged in tight, so the family headed off to the emergency department. The treatment was a total surprise. I don’t know all the details, but basically, the doctor showed the family how to close off the unaffected nostril and breathe into the kiddo’s mouth. A couple of breaths and out shot the bead! I told my sis that here at The Mailbox, we are very considerate of choking hazards. But nose hazards? This was an eye-opener for me!
Okay, preschool teachers and parents of little ones. Have any of you had similar experiences?
Eager to hear!
Diane
A friend’s daughter stuck dry beans up her nose when she was around 6 or 7 and her son did the same with a AAA battery at around the same age. Kids will put anything anywhere. I have a child in my 2’s class that, no matter wha, can pull out the outlet covers and sticks them in her mouth. And when I see it of course, she takes it out and tries to put it back in the socket, wet! I now have the sockets in our classroom covered in packing tape which is apparently much harder to move but unfortunately I can’t do the whole school that way!
I stopped putting beans in my sensory table for that reason. Its funny my asst teacher and I were just talking today about kids putting things in their body orfices.
yes, this happened to me during my first year of teaching (many years ago). A 4 year old boy put a dried bean up his nose. We had his mother on the phone, telling her what happened, when the boy closed the other nostril, and blew the bean out. Of course, he was fine….
Yes, this also happened to me with my son. He was 4 at the time and stuck a bead up his nostril at daycare. I was in panic mode but my husband was ever so calm and had our son blow thru his nose as the unblocked side was covered. After 3 tries the bead came out without incident.
I had a student do that with corn yesterday. Luckily my coteacher and I noticed it and we’re able to have him expel it. It was really scary. So today we had a lesson about not putting things in noses.
My son did that with Cheerios and green beans, he is 3.
Kim… As far as the electrical sockets my husband and I super glued the ones in his room and put a flat electrical cover on the other ones in the house that aren’t being used. I think we spent about $10.00 in socket covers (just to have a few extra)
Best of luck to all the parents out there