The torture device
April 26th, 2007 by quaisiIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Baby Belle has a cold of mythical proportions. When she sleeps, snot bubbles expand and deflate from her nostrils.
So we bought a phlegm extractor. There are two ends. You put one end into the nostril. The other in your mouth. You suck on one end and the mucus flies from the nose into a container in the middle.
You should hear her scream.
One of us has to hold her head whilst the other sucks the stuff out. Afterwards, Reiko picks up the sobbing child and calms her. “There, there. Bad Daddy for holding your head. Come to Mummy.”
We went to the doctors yesterday and he had a similar machine. This one was larger and electrically powered.
If it doesn’t kill you it makes you stronger…
Posted in Baby, Life in Japan, Odd |
April 26th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Awww, poor Belle! I think all parents just hate colds. On the note of the torture device, my Hungarian friend has something similar to this for home use, only that it gets connected to the vacuum. Picture that…!
April 28th, 2007 at 6:16 am
oh no! poor thing. hope she gets better soon. it’s hard to tell a baby that what you’re doing is supposed to help her… ;/
April 29th, 2007 at 11:05 am
If you think she doesn’t understand you are trying to help her now, wait until she ia a teenager.
If you happen to be walking past Kirin Plaza and see a tall blonde gaijin sitting outside having a beer, stop by and I will buy you a couple.
April 30th, 2007 at 8:31 am
I still need to look forward to having a baby. Its going to be fun being an otaku at the same time ^^;
May 1st, 2007 at 12:25 pm
You can get the “snot suckers” with a little squeeze pump at the end as well - easier to operate and sounds much nicer that having to suck from one end.
Hope the cold passes soon!