Anyone have any tips on getting splinters out of little kids? DD got a splinter at day care and DH and I disagree on how to proceed. I want to apply Neosporin and a band aid and let it come out by itself. He tried squeezing her finger and pushing it back out, but she was screaming bloody murder and it wasn't coming out anyway...
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Can you get to it with a tweezer?
I think I would try with tweezers, but I wouldn't squeeze it for fear that it might really irritate and possibly infect it.
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@BabyBoecksMom: we can't see the end of the splinter so I don't think we can get to it with tweezers... That's why DH was trying to push the splinter back out so he could grab it with tweezers but she was hysterical.. I just put her to bed with Neosporin and a band aid and maybe tomorrow I'll look at it again. Thanks!
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if you use a credit card and scrape in the opposite direction it came in, it usualy comes out. If it doesn't then the neosporin and bandaid trick you did usually helps to loosen it up.
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@Mrs Hedgehog: Ok! I will give that one a try tomorrow. Thanks!
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