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BabyAvocado
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Ugh...it begins... BDTD Moms - advice?
So I'm sitting here still shaking because I just found Jake with a penny in his mouth. I caught him just as he had put it in. I didn't know what it was at first - just that I saw him put something in there and then he was chewing and making funny faces.
I couldn't coax him to open his mouth so I did the only thing that I knew would make him cry on the spot - bring him to his crib to make him think I was putting him down for a nap (he just got up from one). I was so freaked I would make him swallow it so I carried him face down the whole time. I got it out and everything is okay.
Anyway my question is - there's got to be a better way to get them to open their mouths when they do something like this (as I'm sure this won't be the last time something like this happens). I was even considering pinching him or something at one point to make him cry... So BDTD moms - what do you do to get to open their mouths?
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Posted 7/22/06 11:21 AM  |
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Re: Ugh...it begins... BDTD Moms - advice?
I have no advice... but I cant imagine how freaked you were...
This is one of my biggest fears... ESP- since my DH never emptys his pockets, and they often are left lose in the hamper- on somewhere on the floor....
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| Posted 7/22/06 11:39 AM |
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Stacey1403
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Re: Ugh...it begins... BDTD Moms - advice?
If you pinch his nose he will open his mouth. The best thing to do is a finger sweep of the mouth to clear any foreign object. I'm glad you got it out and he didn't swallow it.
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| Posted 7/22/06 11:49 AM |
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MommaG
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Re: Ugh...it begins... BDTD Moms - advice?
Posted by Stacey1403
If you pinch his nose he will open his mouth. The best thing to do is a finger sweep of the mouth to clear any foreign object. I'm glad you got it out and he didn't swallow it.
I was going to say the same thing.
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| Posted 7/22/06 12:59 PM |
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Re: Ugh...it begins... BDTD Moms - advice?
Oooh man. I'm so sorry you had a this scare. I'm not a BDTD mom, nor sure what is the "proper" thing to do, but knowing me, I probably would have just forced my fingers in his mouth to fish the object out. 
ETA: I hope you're feeling better.
Message edited 7/22/2006 1:02:35 PM.
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| Posted 7/22/06 1:02 PM |
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monkeybride
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Re: Ugh...it begins... BDTD Moms - advice?
No ideas here but the nose pinching sounds like a good idea.
I am so glad Jake didn't swallow it. I can't imagine how freaked out you must be.
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| Posted 7/22/06 1:14 PM |
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Re: Ugh...it begins... BDTD Moms - advice?
I'm glad you caught it and that Jake is OK
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| Posted 7/22/06 1:42 PM |
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MrsMaz
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Re: Ugh...it begins... BDTD Moms - advice?
with my little cousins we would grab their faces in between our thumb and pointer finger and squeeze their lower cheek. It hurts so they have to open up.
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| Posted 7/22/06 3:52 PM |
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