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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
sechat322
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treating minor burns
sechat322
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my nanny took the baby (9 months) to a local parent-and-me class at a hospital-owned health club this morning, and the baby burned her hand on a hot space heater left in the room (on the floor!) after a yoga class had met there. i'm pretty furious, especially since (a) they apparently didn't have a first aid kit and refused to perform any invasive treatment (which includes ice and a gauze bandage??) and (b) they intimidated the nanny into signing something indicating that she was refusing treatment for the baby (when no treatment was offered). sigh.
my husband rushed home, put some salve and a bandage on her hand, and is now back at work. luckily, her 9 month ped appt happens to be tomorrow, so the doctor will see her hand shortly. my husband and nanny swear it's relatively minor, but that there may be a blister. in the meantime, do you have suggestions for things i can do to keep her comfortable?
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Re: treating minor burns
if she seems bothered, maybe Tylenol & a cool compress? I think gauze & salve are probably best.
I'm ticked at the health club for making your nanny sign that waiver. Chances are you aren't going to sue over this and there will be no long lasting effects, but come on! She refused what you didn't have! Grr.
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I'm really sorry that happened to your daughter. We just went through this a couple of weeks ago at home when my son burned his hand on the glass of our fireplace and it was heartbreaking to hear him cry (unfortunately I can't sue my husband since he was supposed to be watching the baby!). I called the after hours emergency and they advised that even with a minor blister, there's really nothing a doctor would do as far as treatment goes. At the time of the burn, cool water (not ice) and you can wrap it loosely in gauze. The important part is to keep it clean. We used the Neosporin kids foaming wound cleanser a few times a day. It was really easy to put on his hand, doesn't sting and my son was very entertained by the foaming action so he never fought it. Don't pop the blisters since they naturally act as a bandage. My son's blisters peeled off on their own in about a week. It looked like he was molting but the skin underneath is just fine.
Thank you, eyenigh - this is really helpful! Appreciate it!
(by the time I got home tonight, she seemed in better spirits, though I'm horrified to see the "grill marks" from the mesh on the space heater on her little palms. My husband did, however, exploit her pain and took some really cute/pathetic pictures when he was home to bandage her up. I better buck up before she can walk and starts skinning everything!)
I'm glad I could help. I know what you mean about being horrified. There's something so upsetting about a burn, way more than a bump or scratch. When it happened to my son, who is a very even keeled baby that hardly cries much, he got so upset, and turned so red, I couldn't even find what part was burned at first. It took almost an hour, until he calmed down when I found the swelling on one of his palms so, in the meantime, I got a cool washcloth and kept dabbing his hands and face. I guess that may have helped.
My husband was supposed to be sitting in front of the fireplace, literally standing guard until we got the chill out of the room. He had to leave his post because he (get this) saw a bag of M&Ms on the coffee table and he couldn't control himself so he went to go grab them. It only took a few seconds for my son to get over there and get hurt. This happened weeks ago now and I STILL get mad when I think about it. At least my husband learned a valuable lesson and it will never happen again.