Getting a splinter out!!

LoveEeyore

How do I do this???  She flipped out at the sight of the tweezers and got herself so upset she is actually napping and hasn't napped once in the last year.  SHe is hysterical at the thought.  Flailing screaming... I definitely can't do it alone.  What's your tool of choice?

Stacyc625

where is it at?

hand or foot?

LoveEeyore

Hand.  Fleshy part of palm under thumb.  I was afraid I'd break her fingers trying to pry them open just to look!

I_love_cupcakes

I've heard that it helps to do it when the skin is wet, like after a bath.  Supposedly it makes it easier to get out.  We just had to get a splinter out of DS's foot, and it took two of us to hold him down to get it out with a needle and tweezers.  :-(

busywifey

i used to hate getting splinters taken out on me as a kid. my mom said i was the worst of all her kids.

but i remember what helped alot was she would soak my hand or foot in warm soapy water. and then with her hands try to work it out. sometimes it worked but other times she still needed to use the tweezers.

good luck!

LoveEeyore

Great ideas, thanks.  Will definitely try after bath, and it it is huge, but near the surface.  Maybe I'll try without the tweezers first.  Poor baby.

sevans1975

This might sound weird and she probably wouldn't sit still for it (my DD wouldn't, but an older child might)...Elmer's glue!  Put a thin layer over the splinter and let it dry.  Peel it off when it is dry and most of the time the splinter comes out stuck to the glue.

Worked like a charm on my 3 year-old niece a couple of months ago.  My ILs and DH were extremely skeptical until it actually worked.  hahaha!

LoveEeyore

sevans1975:

This might sound weird and she probably wouldn't sit still for it (my DD wouldn't, but an older child might)...Elmer's glue!  Put a thin layer over the splinter and let it dry.  Peel it off when it is dry and most of the time the splinter comes out stuck to the glue.

Worked like a charm on my 3 year-old niece a couple of months ago.  My ILs and DH were extremely skeptical until it actually worked.  hahaha!

Hmm.  I'll have to see if any of it is sticking (haha) out.  I was thinking along the same lines- tell her I'm putting a bandaid on it and get the adhesive on the splinter and then rip it off...   I'll just tuck this in the trick bag-  I'm sure it's nontoxic, but if animal by-productucts are used in glue, any chance of salmonella or anything since it's going into an inflamed, open area??

MG7

I thought there was a type of Vaseline that could be used to draw out the splinter. It comes in a brown container rather than the yellow container. Of course I could be completely basing my info on lies my parents told me when I would get splinters on the boardwalk.

I_love_cupcakes

LoveEeyore:

sevans1975:

This might sound weird and she probably wouldn't sit still for it (my DD wouldn't, but an older child might)...Elmer's glue!  Put a thin layer over the splinter and let it dry.  Peel it off when it is dry and most of the time the splinter comes out stuck to the glue.

Worked like a charm on my 3 year-old niece a couple of months ago.  My ILs and DH were extremely skeptical until it actually worked.  hahaha!

Hmm.  I'll have to see if any of it is sticking (haha) out.  I was thinking along the same lines- tell her I'm putting a bandaid on it and get the adhesive on the splinter and then rip it off...   I'll just tuck this in the trick bag-  I'm sure it's nontoxic, but if animal by-productucts are used in glue, any chance of salmonella or anything since it's going into an inflamed, open area??

You will want to put neosporin and a band-aid on this anyway, once you get the splinter out.  The splinter itself is probably dirty anyway.

LoveEeyore

I_love_cupcakes:

LoveEeyore:

sevans1975:

This might sound weird and she probably wouldn't sit still for it (my DD wouldn't, but an older child might)...Elmer's glue!  Put a thin layer over the splinter and let it dry.  Peel it off when it is dry and most of the time the splinter comes out stuck to the glue.

Worked like a charm on my 3 year-old niece a couple of months ago.  My ILs and DH were extremely skeptical until it actually worked.  hahaha!

Hmm.  I'll have to see if any of it is sticking (haha) out.  I was thinking along the same lines- tell her I'm putting a bandaid on it and get the adhesive on the splinter and then rip it off...   I'll just tuck this in the trick bag-  I'm sure it's nontoxic, but if animal by-productucts are used in glue, any chance of salmonella or anything since it's going into an inflamed, open area??

You will want to put neosporin and a band-aid on this anyway, once you get the splinter out.  The splinter itself is probably dirty anyway.

Thanks, I did put some rubbing alcohol on it.  For some nonsense reason I haven't put neosporin on it because I don't want to facilitate the healing before DH gets home and we can get it out.  I'm pretty sure that's silly but in my mind, I envision it healing up in 7 seconds if I put neo on it.  I sometimes think it's a wonder I've kept the 3 of them alive and well for  as long as I have- I am so stupid about the silliest of things- LOL!

KGsky

sevans1975:

This might sound weird and she probably wouldn't sit still for it (my DD wouldn't, but an older child might)...Elmer's glue!  Put a thin layer over the splinter and let it dry.  Peel it off when it is dry and most of the time the splinter comes out stuck to the glue.

Worked like a charm on my 3 year-old niece a couple of months ago.  My ILs and DH were extremely skeptical until it actually worked.  hahaha!

I read something similar involving scotch tape.  Not tried and true (on my part anyway).  So funny.  DD had 4 in her hand at the daycare yesterday, but they did tweezers and bribed her with a lollipop.

chrislynd

Neosporin and a band aid will often pull a splinter out.  I do it all the time when I've got a splinter I can't get out and it usually works.  I just put it on at night before I got to bed and when I get up in the morning, the splinter is on the pad of the band aid.

Mrs.Saxy

ds had one at the bottom of his foot...on the ball. After several unsuccessful attempts with the tweezers, we left it alone. It worked its way out.

LoveEeyore

Mrs.Saxy:

ds had one at the bottom of his foot...on the ball. After several unsuccessful attempts with the tweezers, we left it alone. It worked its way out.

Thanks, we are hoping for this.. but did make a baaking soda paste and put it on and bandaged it up.  Fingers crossed...

MarriedBestFriends

DD had a huge, totally embedded one the other day. I didn't even realize it until she said "Ouch, my hand- it's bugging me- there's WOOD in there!" LOL. We let her take a long bath and were able to scratch/tweeze it out much easier when her skin was soaked afterwards.