He loves peas, always has, since the day he was introduced to them. We always have bags of peas in the freezer as it's a guaranteed winner at meal times. Tonight's dinner which comprised of creamy ham, cheese, pasta and of course peas went down a treat. But instead of just eating his peas, he decided that it would be fun to shove a pea up his nose, not once but twice.
The first pea was rescued from Matthew's nose by a little massaging to encourage it to come out. The second pea up the nose quickly followed the first, as the stern talking to I gave him didn't do a thing to deter him from doing it again. This time, Matty did a really good job of making sure it was tucked all the way up his little nostril. Massaging it out again didn't help as I couldn't feel the pea and it was shoved so far inside that I couldn't even see it when tipped the little guy upside down to get a better look. By this stage Matty's starting to get a little agitated and grabbing at his nose as i'd imagine it would be pretty uncomfortable.
Read on carefully as it might come in handy one day... The trick to getting a pea out of a toddler's nose is this. Cover the unblocked nostril with your finger and blow in the toddler's mouth. It works!!! A quick puff is all you need. The snot cover pea obligingly popped out in the first attempt to which Matthew politely responded with 'ta!'
... Thank goodness for Google.
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