Bank Holiday A&E Party

Does this kid look like she'd snack on nails and screws when mummy is not looking? No, does she? And yet she does, naughty thing.
I put her on the bathroom floor so I could powder my nose, and thought what a brilliant idea it was to let her play with the washing pegs. And a great idea it was, except that at the bottom of the box of bunch of nails and screws were hiding that I'd dumped there in one of my untidy pre-Tara incarnations, and had forgotten about. Until Tara started crying, nails scattered about her, and a belatedly inspired mum retrieved a small screw from an ouchy inquisitive mouth.

Now, apparently, when your baby's been snacking on screws and you're not sure whether she's actually consumed any, these are the tell-tale signs to look out for:

any signs of pain
difficulty swallowing
changes in breathing pattern
retching or vomiting
foaming at the mouth, i guess
(and generally it is not recommended to let them snack on nails that young anyway)

Now, mine looked roughly as depicted above, and proceeded to play, screech and snack on banana, bread and anything else I gave her (thinking, if there's a nail inside her I'd better cushioned it in bulky food). And yet, when daddy came home from his long working week away, we set out to A&E to get her x-rayed. Just to be sure.

To be sure, it took forever. Tara didn't exactly act an emergency, so all other emergencies were more urgent.
Oh, those wonderful older children! Playing and making a noise! Tara's got to join in! And those admirable glaring lights that light even the smallest corner! And, oh oh oohh!, these wonderful new toys, mummy can I take them home, I love them so! (No honey, they say "Please don't steal me" written across them, but I can take a note and check on ebay when we got home...)

Oh yes, getting home? At 1.30am. Just a little after bed-time.

But it's a good thing we went to Tara's A&E party and had us some bank holiday fun, cause it's been raining ever since and all other parties sind in's Wasser gefallen.

PS.: Everybody, hands off this auction for this moosical cow, it's got Tara written across it!