Splinters!!

[klt]

15mo dd just discovered she can climb all over the playhouse in our yard and she LOVES it!  Many happy hours of A time there!  But it has left her little hands with teeny splinters in!     Anyone know of a painless way to get them out?  They don't seem to bother her, and I thought they might work their way out with hot baths but no luck so far....

[NikiJ]

When my lo had splinters in her finger from our gate, I took them out with tweezers.  Like u I had tried the hot baths for a couple of days & no luck.  She wasn't bothered by them for the first few days and then she started rubbing her finger & crying so after her bath I took them out with tweezers and it didn't seem to hurt her.  She even said "thank you" afterwards!!

Hope that helps

Niki

[Laura's Mum]

I usually use tweezers and they come out fine.

If they are particularly stubborn I have a drawing ointment that I got from the chemist (pharmacist) that works well.  You just lather on and then cover with a bandage/bandaid for 24 hours or so and they come out no problem.

[Erin M]

Maybe a coat of paint on the playhouse so she doesn't get any more?

[klt]

Thanks for the advice!  i will try with the tweezers tonight although cutting fingernails is almost an impossible task so I am not looking forward to it!  Otherwise I'll see if I can find that ointment....  Coat of paint is a good idea too, it's not our playhouse though so we'll have to see if they mind....

thank you!

[ryan's mum]

i posted about splinters not long ago and i had this link in a reply .

http://www.ehow.com/how_2050_remove-splinter.html