Burn Your Finger?

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Make a paste with baking soda and water for immediate relief when you have a burn.

Or use meat tenderizer…. so they say.

Where is this coming from? Let me set the stage for you.

A few weeks ago I was making mac and cheese for lunch. We have the flat top burners.

They are red when it is hot and in use.

After you turn the burner off the burner goes back to black within probably 5 seconds, but a little area near the knobs stays red letting you know the burner is still hot.

Well, Luke could not see that. All he could see is that the burner was no longer red.

He walks over as I am draining macaroni noodles and says ‘look, it’s not hot anymore’ as three of his fingers sizzle and he begins to scream.

Ugh!

I swear we have talked about this before. But he is like his father. He must test everything.

He starts screaming.

{Baby} Matthew starts screaming.

Nicholas… well, he become a comedian in moment like this.

I am frazzled.

These are the moments you can not remember what to do after all the Mommy Training 101.

What can I put on a burn, what should I not put on a burn? I knew not to put butter on it, but other than a bag of ice all solutions escaped me.

Baby still crying and pulling at my pant legs.

Luke is screaming things like, ‘Mommy, are they going to take my arm off? Mommy, call the doctor.’

I grab the first aid kit and scatter it all over the couch.

Where is the burn stuff? Why is it not in here?

I empty out our medicine cabinet.

Where the heck is it?

I resort to calling the pediatricians office.

me: My son has burned himself and I can not remember what I can do and what I should not do.
nurse: Ok, do you have any meat tenderizer?
me: Like Lawry’s season salt?
luke: Mommy, I am going to be sick. (ultra dramatic when he gets hurt….)
nurse: No. Do you have any baking soda?
me: Yes!
nurse: Make a paste with water.
luke: Take me to the doctor Mommy! I want to go to the hospital.
nurse: Let me talk it over with the pedi, but I am thinking we can call in some cream. Use the paste in the mean time and I will call you back.

Luke is now shaking because he hurts so bad.

{Baby} Matthew is still screaming.

Nicholas has taken his shirt off and is playing the in band aides. Whatever.

I sit Luke down at the kitchen table. I grab a coffee mug and make a baking soda and water paste stirring it with a spoon.

I place the cup of paste in front of Luke at the table.

me: Luke, hang on one second, let me grab a paper towel.
luke: Is this my medicine Mommy?
me: Yes, hang on.

My back is turned for less than two seconds. I turn around and Luke is gulping and says, Mommy, this medicine tastes so bad! 

Baby still screaming.

Luke is now gagging.

Nicholas has placed small circle band aids on his boobies and is dancing around the living room saying ‘Look at me, Mommy, look at me!’.

I find out later that ingesting baking soda is very dangerous. I think someone used the word toxic?

We all survived, but this my friend is the story of my life! If there were a dull moment I would not know what to do with myself!