Scarlett is sick. Fever, cough, snotty nose - all the fun stuff. The snotty nose? Is killing me. The kid doesn't know how to blow her nose. Still. She can only suck all the snot in. She can't blow it out. I've tried explaining it to her a bajillion times, but she just doesn't get it. She'll blow her breath out through her mouth, but not. Her. Nose. Aaargh!
Me: "Please can I do your nose?"
"Doing your nose" is using that bulb sucker thing that every new parent is armed with before they even leave the hospital. It means I am going to have her lay flat, with her chin tilted up, put a few drops of saline down her nose, and then suck out as much snot as I can get. With the sucker thingie. At first? Scarlett hated this. She screamed and fought me. Then, inexplicably, one day she decided she was on board. She participated like a champ. Lately, though? She has gone back to hating it. Which is rather annoying, since she can't blow her freaking nose yet. Back to the story:
Scarlett: "No."
Me: "Please? It will make you feel so much better."
Scarlett: "NO!"
**A few hours later**
Me: "Come on, just let me do your nose."
Scarlett: "No!"
Me: "How about this? If you let me do your nose? I will let you have some more chocolate cookies."
Scarlett: "Perfect!"
Her mama didn't raise no fool.
