witchy
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Ran a bath for the baby earlier today.
I set the boiler to warm the water to a nice comfortable temp, not too hot and not too cold. Before I put the baby in the bath I always check the water temp (just incase) but each and every time the water temp is just perfect, so today I run the bath and plop my entire hand into the water.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
Piercing, stinging pain shot through my hand and my hand withdrew by reflex in the blink of an eye.
I looked at my hand and it didn't look burnt, it was kinda red but not the sort of red it should have been if scalded.
It was only then that I realised that my hand was cold, icy cold.
What had happened was the boiler had failed and cold december water was filling my bath, the pain I could feel was from the unexpected icy cold water and my brain interpreted it as boiling water!
Weird innnit, I was 100% convinced I had just burnt my hand, yet it was the exact opposite.
Hot and cold are opposites yet IMO the pain from either is very similar.
My God, what a boring post this is.
Sorry.
lol
I set the boiler to warm the water to a nice comfortable temp, not too hot and not too cold. Before I put the baby in the bath I always check the water temp (just incase) but each and every time the water temp is just perfect, so today I run the bath and plop my entire hand into the water.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
Piercing, stinging pain shot through my hand and my hand withdrew by reflex in the blink of an eye.
I looked at my hand and it didn't look burnt, it was kinda red but not the sort of red it should have been if scalded.
It was only then that I realised that my hand was cold, icy cold.
What had happened was the boiler had failed and cold december water was filling my bath, the pain I could feel was from the unexpected icy cold water and my brain interpreted it as boiling water!
Weird innnit, I was 100% convinced I had just burnt my hand, yet it was the exact opposite.
Hot and cold are opposites yet IMO the pain from either is very similar.
My God, what a boring post this is.
Sorry.
lol
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