Play-doh Woes...

For those of you with little ones who love to play with Play-Doh I have a warning for you...watch those little hands carefully! Dotty was playing with yellow Play-Doh about a week ago and she came into the kitchen where I was washing dishes. She said..."Look at my earrings Momma!" I glanced at her ears and saw nothing (she has dress-up clip-on earrings so I thought she might have them on). A little later she came in and and said "Look Mommy". That is when I noticed a highlighter yellow substance coming out of her nose. I grabbed her up (trying not to panic and scare her in the process) and asked her what it was. She smiled and said "Play-Doh". I then looked at her ears and noticed she had put Play-Doh INSIDE both her ears. I was able to get the yellow "earrings" out of her ears with no trouble but the Doh up her nose was not budging. I called her pediatrician and the nurse said to just watch it, stop trying to get it out because I was more than likely shoving it up higher into her nostril, and she would probably blow or sneeze it out soon. Well, I called both Mom and Tony to tell them the story and by the time I got off the phone Dotty was really rubbing at her nose. Within minutes she sneezed and a snotty string of yellow Play-Doh was hanging from her nose. At first I was disgusted, then I thought about taking a picture of her with it, and finally my "mommy genes" kicked in and I simply grabbed a tissue and got it all out. Dotty and I then had a little talk about the proper uses of Play-Doh. She still plays with the stuff almost daily but now I keep a close watch on her!!!