C'Mon Now!

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Had a kid bring his wet, bloody tooth and plop it right on my desk.

C'mon now!

Or the kid that did running knee slide into my office.

C'mon now!

The ones old enough to cover their mouths but choose to cough right in your face instead.

All together: C'mon now!!

Some things just make me shake my head.

Specializes in NCSN.

This morning a teacher walked in with a student who had a "Awful rash all over her face" It was bright pink. I looked at the students hands and they had a bunch of hot pink stars drawn on.

C'mon now.

In her defense when I explained it was marker she laughed really hard and told me I was the best.

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nurseshajwani87 said:
lets just give them all peanut butter!! (oh wait.)

I have a mom who wants me to keep peanut butter in my office for her kid's "frequent, chronic hiccups". I'll allow it as we aren't peanut free but does that even work?

I remember in college my brother told me to hold my nose and ears shut and take a sip of water. It works, but try doing that after about 5 beers...(that's when I would usually get the hiccups)

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I know it sounds crazy, but I do a "mind over matter" thing to rid myself of hiccups. I will breathe slowly and focus solely on my breathing. It gets rid of them every time. If I get distracted while trying to get rid of them and stop focusing on my breathing, I will hiccup.

I'm a strange bird.

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WineRN said:
If anyone has any magic cures (or ways to get the kinders to hold their breath for more than 2 seconds) please share! I see hiccups frequently lol

Sugar under the tongue...let it dissolve.

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SullyRN said:
I know it sounds crazy, but I do a "mind over matter" thing to rid myself of hiccups. I will breathe slowly and focus solely on my breathing. It gets rid of them every time. If I get distracted while trying to get rid of them and stop focusing on my breathing, I will hiccup.

I'm a strange bird.

This is what I do.

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SullyRN said:
I know it sounds crazy, but I do a "mind over matter" thing to rid myself of hiccups. I will breathe slowly and focus solely on my breathing. It gets rid of them every time. If I get distracted while trying to get rid of them and stop focusing on my breathing, I will hiccup.

I'm a strange bird.

Sully? Strange? I haven't noticed...:bag:

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I know hiccup cure- i swear by it. Last year i had kids that learned it and they swore by it too. Get a cup of water. Take a big drink and say one, take a big drink and say two, take a big drink and say three. Then a sip say one, a sip say two ... Up to six. It works every time.

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OldDude said:
Sully? Strange? I haven't noticed...:bag:

Yeah...Most days I own it.

But hey, y'all still sit with me at lunch, so...

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I've had an air freshener that keeps ending up in the biohazard trash can. At first, I thought maybe it was our custodians. But then I was like "Nah." So I would drag it out, (clean bag) even though all of the stuff had poured out, and plug it back it. I even added a note "DO NOT THROW AWAY!!" above it, which got thrown away, too.

I had my suspicions. I have four kids who come to use my bathroom because they aren't well behaved enough to use the restroom with the rest of the student population. So after the third time of it being thrown away I decided I would go and check for my air freshener after each kid used the restroom.

It took me a couple of days, but today, I finally caught the sucker. I marched straight into his classroom and with permission from his teacher, let him have it. Ugh it made me so mad!! Today there was dirty trash in the can so I couldn't just dig it out. Now I have to buy a new one. The principal was in the office when I got back and could tell I was heated, I told her what happened and she called him up and let him have it, again. Then called his Momma to tell her it needs to be replaced.

He probably did it because EVERY TIME he uses the bathroom I have to remind him "Shut the door." "Flush." "Wipe the pee off the seat." "Wash your hands". "Rinse your hands". "Dry your hands." Don't throw the paper towel like a basketball, you always miss."

UGH!! I am over kids using my bathroom for behavior reasons. I get it, but over it.

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kidzcare said:
Being. Tired. Is. Not. A. Health. Condition.

C'mon now!!!

I've got one of those snoozing away on my cot right now...

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I can definitely tell it's Monday.

Had a little come up.

"I fell down at recess and I have a bruise. Ms. Teacher said to come up so you could put some Keroxide on it."

:no: Nope.

And little didn't have a bruise. Rather a scab that had come off.

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Supposedly, when our health aide tried to wrap up vision/hearing at our school's pre-k screenings on Friday to help me through our lunch rush (18 students in one hour that day) after I made a 911 call, the pre-k coordinator said to someone that it was "just an asthma attack" :nono:

Just an asthma attack. "C'mon now" doesn't even cover it! :no: I mean, does anything really matter more than breathing? :banghead:

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