The Uncrustables
One thing that I cannot stand is a green, crusty nose on an otherwise adorable child. I mean I absolutely loathe the crust. Back in the BC days (Before Children), I was the uninformed, kidless one talking about “yuck, did you see that little snot-nose…yeesh, someone needs to wipe that…NOW…whew!”. Now, I’m a lot more compassionate, but you don’t know how many times I have been at a playdate, Gymboree, Benjamin’s school, the park, somewhere and the cutest little one will come up to me and my kids with the snottiest nose and I am like OMG, where is your MOM?! Please someone get a tissue for this poor little soul. Well, as they say, what goes around comes around, karma baby…
Winter 2009 has introduced two new characters in our house, “The Uncrustables” aka Benjamin and Anna. No matter how many boxes of tissues I am armed with, nor how many times I wipe, and rewipe, and wipe some more, nor how many times I tackle and hold, tackle and hold so that I can de-crust them, I am powerless against the crust, but I refuse to lose this battle! I must admit, I am pretty obsessed with de-crusting and I do nose checks about every 5-10 minutes. Anna sees me looking closely at her nose and she starts to whimper LOL. There will be no crusty little noses in this house, oh heck no, the boogies and I are not friends and people will not talk about my snot-nosed kids!
So far this season, they have alternated with having colds so one week it will be Benjamin’s turn and one week it’s Anna’s turn so I have been able to take a deep breath and cope with it OK, knowing that there will be at least one clean nose I can count on for my sanity, but this week, they decided to tag-team me and so now it’s Mommy vs. The Uncrustables. Current score: Mommy 7, The Uncrustables 1,038.
Anna is 6 months so her nose is so little and cute and still so “awwwwww, let me clean the little nose-y”, but Benjamin and his preschool-sized crust is a whole DIFFERENT story! WTH? OK, this was so not in the Mommy Manual…when did his nose go from “awwwww sweetie” to “OMG, where is your MOM?! Oh yes, it’s me…great…NOOOOOOOOOO…OK, breathe, pull yourself together, Tonjia, OK now…puh-LEASE go get me order generic viagra order levitra buy viagra professional order generic viagra buy cheap cialis cialis professional buy viagra online a tissue NOW so I can clean this CRAZY NOSE!” while I close my eyes and attempt to wish it all away? I was definitely not prepared for the transition! I guess I didn’t realize that noses and crust are directly proportional.
Let me just say that Spring can’t come quickly enough for me. I am not looking forward to the green coming, but the green going away!
Let’s hear from you: How do you deal with the winter-time crust? Do you have any secrets to share? I need them!