As anyone who's tried to remove a splinter from a young child with tweezers would agree, it's like playing a round of Operation.
Kids love to wriggle, and if they're in some discomfort, that doesn't help matters either.
So thank goodness for one mum's brilliant parenting trick which, with the summer months coming up, will definitely come in handy.
Sharing her first aid tip on Facebook , the Australian mum revealed that the perfect tool for removing objects like splinters, small shards of glass and even bee venom could already be in your medicine cabinet.
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She writes: "If you have ever bought Nurofen for kids before, you would know it comes with this little thing to measure/administer the liquid medicine."
The syringe is the perfect size to remove "splinters, tiny shards of glass and bee sting venom in a quick, non-invasive, painless way."
Giving users a guide to her "magic" parenting trick, the mum added: "Simply place the outer tube hole over the wound site, press firmly against the skin, then pull the inside orange tube out really quickly.
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"The vacuum in the tube should extract the offending item."
The mum originally posted her advice in a private parenting group, and it's since been shared thousands of times.
If you don't have kids, apparently it's still a useful little receptacle to have around, as one woman added that it was "great for blackheads too."
