DD1 (age 9) hurt her fingertip yesterday. It got trapped between 2 snooker balls! She claims she can’t move the tip, it hurts to touch, she can’t write etc. It looks exactly the same as her other fingers, it’s not swollen and she slept fine. She initially refused nurofen as she doesn’t like the taste.
Am I mean for sticking a padded plaster on it and sending her to school?
This comes 1 week after her last finger injury on her other hand where she couldn’t move it, hurt to touch followed by 5 days of pain (except when I strapped it to another finger) again she slept fine and refused pain killers.
I feel a bit mean because I think she just wants sympathy and attention. Or maybe has a very low pain threshold.