Raising children can be just a little bit stressful at times, even for the calmest, most organised parent.
Little ones, usually very curious, tend to do a lot of unpredictable things.
Like sticking a popcorn pip up their nose.
Aside from trying to keep the panic and hysteria to a limit, here are some practical things you can try to avoid having to race off to the hospital.
It’s called the kiss method:
1. Place your mouth over your child’s mouth.
2. Hold the nostril that isn’t blocked closed with a finger.
3. Blow gently into your child’s mouth.
Doctor Purva Grover, the medical director of Cleveland Clinic Children’s Pediatric Emergency Departments, advises to try once, then to get help.
“Make only one attempt to remove the object on your own (unless you believe the situation is life threatening). The more times you try, the less cooperative your child will be when the doctor tries to remove it. This increases the likelihood of needing an operation to remove the object,” she says.
Sometimes the child will sneeze the object out, depending on what’s up there.
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