Little kindergartener walks into my clinic today cradling a treasure in her hands. The secretary asks her, "Oh, did you lose a tooth?!?!" She nods yes. So I, all excited for her, grab a sticker (which I always have done last) and put it on her shirt for her. Get a tooth container & tell her to drop her treasure inside. I notice how nice & white her tooth was. Just as I was about to compliment her on how nicely she cares for her teeth, it hit me. I dumped her treasure into the palm of my hand. A small, quartz-like stone! My initial thought was to take that sticker back, tell her she's nuts & send her back to class. But I didn't want the little cherub to cry. I said, "This isn't a tooth." She nodded her head yes. I said, "Where did this come from?" "Back here (pointing to her rear molar)." For a second I was concerned that maybe a tooth broke or a filling came out...but no. I said, "This was in your mouth?" "Yes." At this point, I'm in such shock that this little angel lied to me that I just put her stone in the tooth container & sent her back to class. Later I asked her teacher if she was sneaky like that & she said not really. I guess there's a first time for everything. I told her I don't want her to have to give up the sticker or get in trouble or anything like that, let's just use this as a lesson in telling the truth. I got played by a kindergartner. We all had a good laugh at that one as I wondered if I really had to document that visit. Rookie mistake.
My little guy, now 7, stuck a popcorn kernel up his nose. Too far for him to blow out. That turned into a $300 (or so) "boys will be boys" experience.
My little girl (now 7 :) ) stuck 7 (SEVEN!!!) beads into her ears that came out of some toy they broke open. The removal was not fun, to say the least. Though I do suspect that her twin brother helped her with this task.
My little girl (now 7 :) ) stuck 7 (SEVEN!!!) beads into her ears that came out of some toy they broke open. The removal was not fun, to say the least. Though I do suspect that her twin brother helped her with this task.
I think the word papoose will have a negative connotation when she learns about Native American life.
My little girl (now 7 :) ) stuck 7 (SEVEN!!!) beads into her ears that came out of some toy they broke open. The removal was not fun, to say the least. Though I do suspect that her twin brother helped her with this task.
I think the word papoose will have a negative connotation when she learns about Native American life.
My kid needed to be put in a papoose to extract a googly eye out of his ear, he can't even hear the word papoose without thinking of that. Figured 7 beads would be a definite restraint issue.
My kid needed to be put in a papoose to extract a googly eye out of his ear, he can't even hear the word papoose without thinking of that. Figured 7 beads would be a definite restraint issue.
Ah, I see now! I think I just restrained her while they repeatedly flushed her ear with water
SirNurse312
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Hahaha! Nice