The 1st Nosebleed

We've often hear of little children having nosebleeds either because their bodies are "heaty" or because the arteries in the nostrils are not mature yet. Well, we had a lot of nosebleeds problems for Kieona when she was younger and there was always so much blood. I was glad for a while that Kierra never seem to have that sort of problem. Unfortunately she did at the age of almost 3, her first nosebleed.

The only consolation? It wasn't a lot compared to what we used to see come out of Kieona.

So how do you treat nosebleed? Best way (I read and researched) to treat such nosebleeds is to hold the child upright (standing best). hold head downwards a little and press and hold gently on the bridge of the nose. The exact position is somewhere in between the eyes. Hold for 5-10 minutes and it will do the trick. What I didn't know back then - tilt head backwards and place ice on forehead. Doesn't work at all and I found out later that by doing that the child may either get choked, or the backflow of the blood actually causes sore throat problems in the next few days.

Kierra being tended to in the morning by Maria

That is blood, but it's really quite a non-issue to Mommy already

It wasn't painful, but it's my virgin nosebleed you know