Lesson Learned

Kiahna learned a very important lesson today--BEADS DO NOT BELONG IN YOUR NOSE! Earlier this morning, Kiahna came crying to me saying, "B...B...B" and pointing to her nose. I wasn't sure what she was trying to say. Finally Niah figured out she was saying bead. I looked in her nose and didn't see anything. She kept saying "DeeDee B nose" (translation "DeeDee put a bead in my nose"). I thought that maybe DeeDee had tried to put one in Kiahna's nose, and now Kiahna was just tattling. I pretended to take out the bead that DeeDee "put there", and Kiahna seemed relieved--for 2 seconds. Then she continued to complain.

I asked Niah for a flashlight and when I looked in her nose again, I saw a pink bead hiding up in her left nostril! I laid her on the bed, and I got out my tweezers. With Kiahna's excellent cooperation, I removed the bead in 15 seconds with only 3 tries. Kiahna immediately quit crying.

All of this reminded me of an incident many years ago when Niah was 2 1/2 years old--I had to leave work to take a small Lego out of her nose. After having the Lego removed from her nose, Niah never put anything in her nose again. I am expecting that Kiahna has also learned her lesson and will never put anything in her nose again.