I picked sprog up from nursery - jolly chat with nursery staff and off home.
For the past week, I've been meaning to have a go at sprog's ears. I never clean them - partly because he hates me cleaning them and partly because I feel like wax leaving the ear canal is a natural process and causes no harm.
Anyway, they had been looking pretty scruffy - even for me so I thought I would have a go at bathtime. I got the cotton pads I use to rub his ears and all of a sudden, sprog goes 'NO, no no - Miss Jones and Nita cleaned my ears!' I looked closer and they were absolutely spotless!!
I had a terrible sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach - that they thought his ears were so disgusting that they would clean his ears themselves!
So what do I do now? Ignore it out of shame? That's my first reaction. But then, I do think I need to say something - I mean what if they used cotton buds? My understanding was that you should do as little as possible - that cleaning ears can lead to impacted ears and also to ear infections. I don't know - I feel like a very slack mum today - and feel quite mortified about the conversations those women had about my lack of attention to his ears.
Thursday, 1 November 2007
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I doubt they were thinking 'ooh, she's a terrible mother,look at this waxy buildup!" when they cleaned his ears, they probably just noticed it and thought they'd do it while he was being still or something. I'd try not to take offense...though it *would* be kinda weird.
I think I would feel dreadful too if that happened to me. And it's only a matter of time before something like that does! lol.
I'd probably say something, along the lines of sounding very grateful, with a couple of peppered in comments regarding just how busy you've been lately and you hadn't bought any cotton woll pads.
Sorry, I generally give rubbish advise 9/10 times!
I know this feeling! My son smears and his fingers are pemanelty in his ears!!
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