Riddle Me This...

How do you get corn into a toddlers nose? I mean without them putting it there herself?

Today at dinner Morgan discovered that her mouth and nose are connected... the hard way. We were happily eating dinner when we heard a sneeze come from Morgans end of the table. A sneeze wouldn't normally upset her, except that she did it with a mouth full of food... thus, a large portion of what was in her mouth became lodged up her nose.

Morgan, having never before experienced this, was understandably upset. We encouraged her to continue sneezing and coughing, and thought she was fine, but then she wouldn't settle, something was bothering her still. My wife tipped her head up, and sure enough, there was something stuck there. Out came the tweezers, and she proceeded to pull a rather large kernel of corn from the poor child's nose. We figured this was it, because really... she's not even 2, how much could she possibly have up there?

But there was still something there, she was still upset. My wife tried to get her to blow her nose, but it wouldn't budge.

Riddle me that... how do you get said corn back out of a toddlers nose once it's inadvertently lodged there?

A little trick I learned at the doctors office. Get your toddler to sit very still (not an easy task for a toddler with corn stuck up her nose), place your mouth over hers and form a seal (think CPR), plug the nostril with nothing in it... and BLOW.

Oh... and don't forget the tissue...