I assume God knew what He was doing when He gave me a girl. Honestly I thought I wanted a boy, because I’m not good at all that girlie stuff. But I know I would not do well with broken bones, scrapes and bruises. Well, I probably could do ok with minor scrapes — just not gushing blood!
But the one thing I hate is ticks. I hated when I’d get them as a kid, and I totally freaked out the first time Doodle got one on her head. I remember it like it was today …
Duck was out of town all week for work. Doodle was 5 years old in Kindergarten. I found the tick on her head and freaked out. I don’t recommend freaking out because that translates to the child freaking out. Luckily I had a friend from church who was a nurse. I’m sure she was laughing hysterically at my phone call begging and pleading for help.
So while Doodle and I were both freaking out, I managed to get us into the car and to my friend’s house. She calmed both of us down and removed the tick from Doodle’s head. I wish I could say crisis diverted, but I’m pretty sure all the fussing she and I did before we got to my friend’s house would be considered a crisis!
I mention this because Doodle’s come home from school with a tick on her about 4 times now. Luckily though, Duck’s been home to remove them. Today, however, I get a call from the school. Doodle was in the office with a tick on her back and the school is not allowed to remove ticks. What? Anyway, I braved my fears and pulled the body off — then I think I pulled the head off — and something was still stuck, although it wasn’t the head. I know I got that part. I’m definitely not the smoothest in tick removal, but I tried — which is more than I could do 3 years ago 
Just be warned. Keep an eye out for those little suckers. And keep the tick you pull off for a couple of days in case a doctor may need to see it. Oh, and another tip. One of the ladies in the office said she read on the Internet (and therefore doesn’t know if it’s true or not) that you can take dish washing detergent, put it on a cotton ball and place it over the tick. The tick then turns and bites the cotton ball. I don’t know if that will work or not, but I’m all for giving it a shot. Because I know Doodle’s gonna have more ticks this year!
Do you have any tips for removing ticks?
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After all the ticks we found in your head, I can’t believe you freaked out! Do you remember we had to check your head every night for ticks (and for those of you who have ever seen Lisa’s thick head of hair, that was no easy task!). I used to soak a cotton ball with alcohol, hold it over the tick, then take tweezers and gently pull them out. I don’t know if the alcohol smothered them, or caused them to back out, but it seemed to work on you. Funny how things seem to come full circle, isn’t it?
ewwww gross nasty shivers can’t stand to even talk about them.
i just pretend like they don’t exist… watch my kids die of lyme disease because i’m ignorant.
in fact… i handled LICE 10x better than ticks
Ugh! I’d be freaking, too.
Do you have a high incidence of Lyme’s down there? It’s rampant up here. My parents’ dog died from Lyme’s, God rest his doggy soul.
I found a tick on me last week in the shower - on my back. I thought it was a pimple and I scratched. It came off in my hand with its gross little wiggling legs. And yes - I also FREAKED!