Caution: Rising mist can be HOT. Keep away from children

Mya received her first legitimate wound today. She always bumps her head on things or falls over on hard surfaces, but today...she experienced feeling something very hot. I was trying to get ready this morning and had Mya on the floor crawling around when I heard this blood curdling scream and turned to see that Mya had just touched the HOT top of the humidifier. Oops. We are all a little under the weather so I have been running the humidifier at night and during her naps to help clear up our noses. Well, I hadn't turned it off yet for the morning. I learned my lesson and I believe Mya learned hers. I didn't notice anything wrong with her hand until Tim checked it this afternoon and found this massive blister. We knew we had to pop it. I made Tim do it because I always make him to the hard things like clip Mya's finger nails and put her to bed when she doesn't want to be in bed. He was a good sport. We sterilized a safety pin (we didn't have any needles) and popped the little thing. We quickly put on some ointment and a bandaid and Mya is fascinated with the bandaid. She only cried when we drained the blister. She deserves the purple heart award for being one tough baby. So note to self for all you moms with crawling, curious children: don't leave hot objects hanging around.

The blister

Beginning the surgical procedure

The popping device

The bandaid

The ever-curious child