While at playgroup this afternoon Owen experienced his first wasp sting. I find I am pretty calm in these situations and Owen was very brave and handled it pretty well after many hugs. Still makes me a little sad that it happened, but obviously bound to at some point and now we know he's not allergic.
The story: I was getting four boys ready to go outside to play. They all ran out the porch door while I got my shoes on and then I walk outside and see Owen screaming and crying and batting around his neck. They were in the screened-in porch. I had Aiden in my arms but quickly ran to Owen, placed Aiden down and Owen jumped in my arms. I was worried another kid would get stung, so I quickly told all the boys to get back inside while I carried Owen and Aiden. Owen was screaming, but after a couple hugs he seemed none the worse. He was actually more upset that he dropped his toys. I obviously went to go get the toys. Luckily my friends were there to help. Elizabeth made the baking soda paste while I calmed Owen down. And Ali gave Aiden snuggles. Owen freaked out when I put the paste on but then he was completely fine. Didn't even mention it to Omer when he got home. I had to tell him about it. He wanted to talk about the sting a lot on the way home but after that not much else. The stings look completely fine now.
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Hey...so sorry to hear about that! Wells was recently stung and their pediatrician said that it's the second sting you need to worry about. So, now that he's been stung once, just be aware that the reaction if he's allergic, will happen after the second sting. Here's a link I found:http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=77066. Thought I'd pass it along since it was new information to me. Am hoping to see you soon!
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