Glue

Early this morning, around 6:00a.m, Albert brought Isaiah into our room. I thought at first, he was just telling me to keep him in our bed so he didn't disturb all the children not yet awake. As I pulled him over to me, Albert motioned for me to look at his face. I peered closer and noticed a thick, white film, much like icing, coating his face, arms, legs, and worst of all his hair. Elmer's school glue. The evidence was discovered next to his bed, in the form of an empty bottle missing its top. I pulled on some of it and it peeled off like a second skin. But the portion that was coating his eyebrows and hair was a different story. If I peeled, the effect would be much like waxing his eyebrows...the entire eyebrow...not a great look for a 2 year old boy. As the morning wore on, it has become easier to peel. So far, I've gotten most of it off his face, arms and legs, and have indeed salvaged the eyebrows. Some pieces of it come out of his hair, though painfully but much remains. After nap, we will be soaking in a warm bath to see what happens then. I get the feeling that worst case scenario, in a day or two, it will peel out easily on its own. What a mess.
I had called the pediatrician to ask if they knew of any solution that would easily remove glue from hair and skin without having to pull. They advised me to call poison controll. I told them that infact, I could not call poison controll due to too many calls in the last year and a fear of DFS visiting our home if I had to call one more time. They got a huge laugh out of this. I did not.