Nathan got his first splinter while playing at Penny Park. He was very protective of it and wanted to keep 1 mitten on that hand at all times... probably to hide it from his mom with the tweezers. Nathan told me he really wanted to keep his splinter and that he liked it right there in his hand. We talked about how its good to take splinters out so that they don't get infected or go in your blood stream. Finally, after a hand soak and some crying and protesting, I took the splinter out. I thought it was more traumatic for him to remain "injured" for days than to just get it over with quickly. There were a few remaining specks of splinter so Nathan and I decided the last bits might come out if he scrubbed his hand every day. No more tweezers. He did this and the specks did eventually come out. Later, I heard him telling one of his friends about his splinter. "You have to scrub it out. You can't get it in your blood street," he said in his expert voice.
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