A mother has revealed her ingenious and pain-free trick for removing splinters involving using a simple Calpol syringe.
Claire Bullen-Jones, from Wigan, shared the tip on Facebook, having used it to help her children get rid of splinters for years – and her post has been shared over 65,000 times by impressed parents.
Housewife Claire, 28, has been using the trick for years with her own children, but didn’t think to share it until one of her friends put a post on Facebook about her little one having a splinter.
Claire Bullen-Jones, from Wigan, shared a handy hack for removing splinters from children’s feet on Facebook and her post has been shared over 65,000 times by impressed parents
In her post, Claire, who lives with her husband Chris and two daughters Macie, eight, and Lilly-Mai, seven, in Leigh, said: ‘Grab the Calpol box and take out the syringe that comes with it!
‘Make sure it’s clean obviously! You need to make sure there’s a little bit of a gap before you start-picture for example.
‘Put the small hole at the bottom of the syringe as best you can over the splinter. Once you know your above it, make sure the syringe is touching the skin-and pull! Make sure there’s no gaps otherwise you won’t get it!
‘The syringe will more than likely pull it out in the first go! Pain free, no tugging and pulling, and no little ones upset or scared at getting it out! Don’t pull slowly! You need to pull rather quickly! If it’s a stubborn splinter, just do this a couple of times!
‘Saves so much time, and well worth seeing the kids smile at the end of it rather than red faces and tears! Because the plastic is clear, you can check what’s been taken out of the skin! Best parent hack to date! Pass it on mums and dads!’
In her post, Claire, who lives with her husband Chris and two daughters Macie, eight, and Lilly-Mai, seven, in Leigh, explained how to use the syringe and her post amassed thousands of likes and shares
‘I’ve been telling my friends for years but I’ve never been taken seriously. It seems to have gone right this time though,’ said the housewife
Housewife Claire, 28, says she’s been amazed with the response and has already had messages from people who have successfully tried it out on their own kids.
She said: ‘We’ve been doing it for years. My husband came up with it. The kids proved so hard to get splinters out and we seemed to cause them more upset than we did good.
‘The syringe was left out after being washed and we tried that. Not sure why. I didn’t think to share until one of my friends on Facebook had posted a status about their little one having a splinter.
‘I’ve been telling my friends for years but I’ve never been taken seriously. It seems to have gone right this time though.
‘If it helps others the way it has us then I’ve done my job.’
Mothers took to the comments section in their droves to praise her ‘genius’ hack
Claire uses the hack on her daughters Lilly-Mai and Macie – and says there’s never any tears