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Tj from Zazzafooky is my guest poster for today. Hope you enjoy her funny post! I’m moving moving moving!
Sucking It Up
Today I’m recalling a story from way back when the kid was still just a wee-newborn. It was cold season and she got one. I was sent home from the hospital with a little baby care kit which included one of those rubber nose suckers. You know the ones, that look like mini turkey basters? Anyway, she was screaming bloody murder and the nose sucker wasn’t working for shit. My poor little baby was miserable and there was nothing I could do.
I finally decided a nice soothing bath was in order and maybe some of the steam generated would clear up her nose. I got in the bath with her and I’m doing my best to calm her down and make her more comfortable but nothing is working. I tried the nose sucker again but to no avail. Finally I couldn’t stand it anymore. Her discomfort was killing me. I pulled her to me, placed my mouth over her nose and with the force and enthusiasm it takes to get that last little bit of milkshake through the straw I sucked all the boogars right of her nose. Not realizing my genius plan would actually work I failed to prepare and found myself holding on to a mouthful of baby boogars. I had to jump from the tub to the sink to spit. GAK! It worked though. The screaming and crying stopped and she fell fast asleep.
The memory flooded back because it’s cold season again. I look at her now and wonder if would do the same thing all over again. She’s bigger now which means bigger boogars. GROSS.
I told the kid the story about a year ago and every now and then she tells people “my mommy is so gross, she sucked boogars out of my nose, ewwwwwww.” Thanks a lot kid, you little ingrate!
LOL, one of my friends talks about how her husband did that with their newborns. He said “They had to come out SOMEHOW and the baster wasn’t working”…(Yeah, I pretty much threw up)
Comment by Sheri — August 31, 2005 @ 2:48 am
the baster thankfully worked for my lil’ one!!!
Comment by brandy101 — August 31, 2005 @ 2:59 am
Ok, I can totally handle poop talk. Even puke talk. But booger talk just makes me want to hurl.
Comment by Eulallia — September 1, 2005 @ 6:46 am
You should’ve gotten snail mail from me by now.???
Comment by tj — September 1, 2005 @ 11:10 pm
That is an old remedy that has been around forever…because it works!
…but it is totally different when they get bigger!
Comment by soapbox.SUPERSTAR — September 2, 2005 @ 2:11 am
Nice kid nice!
Comment by basil thomas — September 2, 2005 @ 9:16 pm
My kids loooovvee the snot sucker! They didn’t dig it so much as babies, but in the inbetween time, when they’re getting older but not old enough to blow their noses yet, they loved it. Maybe they’re just weird.
Comment by Julie — September 3, 2005 @ 3:43 pm
OMG i nearly spat my coffee everywhere reading your sucking boga story..ROFL
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I’d love to exchange links with you. Please email me or leave a comment in my blog
Love Vicki
Comment by Vicki — September 4, 2005 @ 1:19 am
ew. But hey, it worked!
Comment by thordora — September 6, 2005 @ 12:55 pm
In which country do you live?
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