If you thought you'd seen everything. . .

OK so Delayna has had a couple of bad days. Nothing new. She's not know for being a particularly content baby, but I knew something wasn't right, probably gas. She was crying like she hurt, falling asleep and waking right back up, but was obviously exhausted. We tried Sandi's miracle "gripe water" last night and it seemed to help a little and she was able to get some sleep last night. This morning she was fussy and upset again and I went to change her diaper. I noticed that one of her toes looked funny. Upon further examination I realized it was quite red and swollen and OH MY WORD there is a hair wrapped around it cutting into the skin and cutting off circulation. Mike and I tried everything we could think of to get it off to no avail and causing poor Delayna much pain. Finally we decided it was time to head to urgent care.

If you want to get a funny look tossed at you, try walking into urgent care and telling the receptionist your are there because your baby has a hair wrapped around her toe. I could see eyes rolling when she called up to the pediatricans office to ask permission to work on her. But after that they took us seriously. She was taken back before Mike had time to get her out of the carseat. One doctor, two nurses, Mike and a cool pair of scissors later, D's toe is free from hair, we think. It was wrapped around right at the knuckle and in so deep it was very difficult to see in the first place and it's impossible to be sure it is all out at this point. So we get to go in for a check up in a couple of days. Who knew a hair could cause two doctors visits.

Anyway, apparently though not common this does happen, and it wasn't the first time the doctor had seen it. So if you have a crying, non-talking child and you can't figure out what is wrong be sure to check anything that sticks out from the body. It could be the dreaded hair.