Our First Poison Control Center Call

farmerpinky

Phoebe just got ahold of and chomped a stink bug! I am totally skeeved out. She'll be fine and I was pretty sure she would be, but I had to call.

FYI the number is 18002221222 keep it handy ladies.

jss1482

yes, gross! and glad she is Ok, thanks for the PSA- programming now!

Sol1790

Omg that is crazy and scary! Im glad she will be ok. I am so scared of this because Jasmine loves to put everything in her mouth eeew! When I was young I was at the park playing with a baby cousin when I see his mouth he was chewing on a snail ( so nasty!! lol never forgot that. And cross my fingers Jasmine never does this.

farmerpinky

Phee puts everything in her mouth and she's wicked fast. We have perfected the cheek pinch/lean forward/remove procedure.

I was so grossed out by this. I'm still twitching. The snail thing is in our future. ..I'm sure of it. :-&

pinottoparenthood

Haha ew gross. I don't know if I would have called poison control though... Are stink bugs poisonous? They're organic, right? ;-) haha but really, glad everything is okay!

farmerpinky

pinottoparenthood said:

Haha ew gross. I don't know if I would have called poison control though... Are stink bugs poisonous? They're organic, right? ;-) haha but really, glad everything is okay!

Stink bugs stink because they release a chemical cocktail to discourage predators. As a mom of four I usually figure bugs= protein, but was concerned the "stink" might be a topical irritant. I just wanted to be cautious.

pinottoparenthood

farmerpinky said:

Haha ew gross. I don't know if I would have called poison control though... Are stink bugs poisonous? They're organic, right? ;-) haha but really, glad everything is okay!

Stink bugs stink because they release a chemical cocktail to discourage predators. As a mom of four I usually figure bugs= protein, but was concerned the "stink" might be a topical irritant. I just wanted to be cautious.

Hm, I never really knew that! Makes sense though!

farmerpinky

Btw...it is an irritant. Wash out mouth by giving few sips of h2o. If bug swallowed, baby might get tummy ache, but will digest bug just fine. Ride out stomach upset, no medical intervention necessary.

Kate_C

farmerpinky said:

Btw...it is an irritant. Wash out mouth by giving few sips of h2o. If bug swallowed, baby might get tummy ache, but will digest bug just fine. Ride out stomach upset, no medical intervention necessary.

I love that poison control had a set protocol to respond to eating a stink bug!

farmerpinky

Kate_C said:

farmerpinky said:

Btw...it is an irritant. Wash out mouth by giving few sips of h2o. If bug swallowed, baby might get tummy ache, but will digest bug just fine. Ride out stomach upset, no medical intervention necessary.

I love that poison control had a set protocol to respond to eating a stink bug!

Apparently stink bugs are quite the sought after delicacy with the under 1 set.

ClandestineX

Today Connor ate a lady bug.. (but it was the Asian beetle kind) and they release a toxin thing when they are freaked out.. which is their blood.. but he didn't seem to mind. 

I didn't know you were supposed to call poison control over things like that lol.

farmerpinky

ClandestineX said:

Today Connor ate a lady bug.. (but it was the Asian beetle kind) and they release a toxin thing when they are freaked out.. which is their blood.. but he didn't seem to mind. 

I didn't know you were supposed to call poison control over things like that lol.

She's eaten a lady bug before. I wasn't worried about that. I just figured it didn't hurt to check on this one because I'm less familiar with it. As I mentioned earlier bugs= protein. No worries.

ToAoShesha

Yuck!  I am glad every thing is okay though

superToots

Casey managed to eat some dry cat food yesterday at mil's house :-&

tondraluv

O...m...g my skin is itching just like when @clandesinex mentioned "that thing" (don't you dare say the name) that is her phobia & had us all freaked out. I'm so putting this number in my phone.