My 5 year old brother just got bug spray in his eye!!! HELP!?
Make sure he flushes his eye completely with water for 15-20 minutes. This should cause instaneous redness but that is okay. If this irritates him since he is 5 years old, try this in the shower with a lite spray over his eyes. If he was a little older, I'd suggest filling a small sink and dipping his head carefully into the water for the same amount of time. For his age, this may not be so smart. I don't want him to suffocate. Also, contact the bugspray company on the can if after the 20 minutes, he is still experiencing burning and irritation.
2 year old golden retriever. His nose is very swollen and so is one eye. Could it be a bug bite? What to do?
Yes, it is likely a bug bite, spider bite or bee/wasp sting. Beandryl is very effective for this type of thing. I would also check around the face to see if there are any puncture wounds. It could be a snake bite. Call the vet to find out proper dosage of benadryl for your dog.
I just found a bug in my 11 month old son's mouth?
Is it anything to worry about? I was in the kitchen and he crawled into the living room and a minute later when I went in there he was smiling and crawling away from me so I knew there was something in his mouth. And I looked and it was like parts of a june bug or something! I almost got sick. I got it out and rinsed his mouth out but what if he swallowed some? Can it hurt him. I don't even know where it could have come from!
An insect has been trapped in my side table for almost two years. It makes "grinding" noises occasionally, but how is it surviving without water?
An insect has been trapped in my side table for almost two years. It makes "grinding" noises occasionally, but how is it surviving without water?There’s a good chance that this is the ‘death watch beetle’, Xestobium rufovillosum. Their larvae may survive for years in hardwoods, and the adults are well known to make noises that creep out people.See: Death Watch Beetle - Xestobium rufovillosum - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life
How do you get a 2-year-old to eat meat? We have tried everything and he just won't eat it.
1)Have you tried a meat pate in ravioli? 2) How about dinosaur nuggets? (Is 2 old enough to be crazy for dinosaurs? My Brother Tony was 3 when he got the dino bug.) Fish fingers are another good shape. 3) How about baby food pureed meat in gravy? Or Sloppy Joe’s? Or spaghetti with very meaty tomato sauce? 3) How about not worrying about it so much? I wasn’t a big meat eater until I hit puberty. (Now I’d be down for a 48 oz steak). 4) How about cheese? Fondue? Pineapple and cottage cheese? Grilled cheese? Pizza? 5) How about consulting a pediatrician? (Does Dr. Phil have a FAQ page? He had great ideas about potty training and discipline.)
My five year old daughter developed a curiosity for bugs. Should I keep her away from them?
One of my fondest memories from my childhood is related to my curiosity for bugs. I had a notepad and a pen, a magnifying glass, some other tools, I would put them all in my backpack and wonder all day trying to create an Encyclopedia of Insects. There was a separate page for each of the bugs and I would write down a fictive name for the bugs, a description, how they live, how many legs, wings, etc. eventually I would put them in a bottle of water to test if they survive, I would test whether they fly or not and so on. The only risk might come from the spiders, if you have any venomous spiders around. I don't remember there being any around the place where I lived, but for sure I got stung by a few insects like ants, spiders, bees, wasps.Looking back, if my parents stopped me from doing this, I wouldn't have this amazing experience and my childhood would've been less interesting. If I remember correctly I started doing this around the same age as your daughter.P.S. I grew up normal, just in case you were wondering whether this curiosity can affect her normality in any way.
My 2-year-old son keeps throwing objects on the floor. How do I stop him?
He's not doing it to bug you. It's part of how he learns about the world. What he's learning may be mysterious to adults, but it's important enough to him that he's driven to keep doing it. It does pass. He will get what he needs from throwing and move on.If you're reacting with anger or a big flurry of activity to his thrown objects, it may be you that intrigues him. He may be studying your behavior. He's not trying to manipulate you. He's figuring out how the world works. He's observing, "When I do this, I can make big people do things!" If that's the case, react in less interesting ways! ;-) If he's throwing because it gets your attention, it's because he needs more connection with you. Some kids do need more -- sometimes way more -- than others. The more you can give him now spontaneously before he has to throw things to get it, the easier life will be in the future. Get to know what makes him smile and give him lots of that. Fill him up now and he won't need to resort to even more annoying actions to get you to connect with him.If he is just throwing to watch the objects, what about it bugs you? How can you change the environment so he can do the exploring he needs in a way that works for you too? Maybe you can take him to a different place -- the park, a ball pit -- where he can do a lot of throwing of different objects. It may only take a few days or a couple of weeks to get his fill of throwing. Or adopt an older dog who has been trained to retrieve objects ;-)The operative phrase for little kids is, "This will pass." ;-) Of course it's also true of the cute stuff too. So take a deep breath, breathe it out sloooowly when he's working through something. As you do picture the good parts of this age that will -- too soon! -- be gone too.
Parents, do your kids step on bugs? How do you feel about it?
When my twins, a boy and a girl, were young we lived in the city. There weren’t a lot of bugs. But when the kids were old enough to handle a bit of a walk, around five years old or so, we took them to a nature area behind a local museum.As we walked along a trail in a field my wife and I simultaneously exclaimed, “Look! A butterfly!”A giant smile sprung onto my daughter’s face.In an instant, my son stepped forward a couple of steps then immediately smashed it with his foot.My wife, daughter and I all gasped in horror.It was a butterfly for crying out loud. Who kills butterflies?Needless to say my wife and I had a little intervention in which we told our son that we should respect nature, especially when we are visitors. We used to take spiders we found inside the house outside to release them. My daughter pretty much insisted on that. Flies and mosquitoes we would kill mercilessly.I believe there is a genetic/hormonal component to aggression in children. Various cross cultural studies have found that boys tend to be more aggressive.My daughter was so empathetic she could get upset when there was needless death to bugs. One time when she was about four, while playing in a tot-lot she found and “befriended” a worm. She held it for a little while, but then decide she should release it in some grass far enough away from the kids that it wouldn’t get stepped on or hurt.She gently laid it down in the grass, turned and started to walk away. After about twenty feet or so, she turned to look back one more time to make sure the worm was okay. At that moment a bird swooped out of the sky, grabbed the worm with its claws and flew off.My daughter let loose a scream of anguish. Everybody in the park turned to see what terrible fate had befallen some poor child. We explained that a bird ate her worm, and then tended to her comfort. She cried for about five minutes and even talked about it after we got home. It turned out to be a little lesson on the circle of life.