"Dry Drowning" & Bath time?

shooksie

So tonight, during bath time, my 9 month old son (who is into everything ) grabbed the cup that I always use to rinse his soap & shampoo. The cup (maybe 16 ounce size) was almost full of water. He has often tried to grab the cup from the tub and drink from it. Sometimes I let him do it, but always grab the cup back..kind of nervous that he might drink too much at once.

Tonight I thought to myself, "Fine, you wanna drink, go for it". I let him take a drink, which was too big for him. He coughed for about 5-10 seconds. It was a hard enough cough that it made his face turn a little red, but he went on splashing as usual.

All of the sudden, I remembered the Oprah about "Dry Drowning" and got all panicked inside. Could he have ingested the water into his lungs? Did I just allow him to do something that could be potentially very dangerous?

I try to be a rational person, but get freaked out by these kind of things...mostly when my kids are involved. We have all done this as kids either in the tub, swimming, etc. Right?

But I am a little bit crazy about these kind of things. I have a hard time letting it go & relaxing until someone reassures me that I am over-thinking it, too worried and that he is fine.  So here I am...

Is there something to worry about here?

(PS - He is sleeping as usual, breathing normal, normal temperature, etc. He seemed absolutely fine afterward, except for a spit up on my shoulder...probably from eating dinner and then the big drink of bathwater)

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Bre*

I think he'll be ok....the coughing is a good sign, it probably got stopped by the glottis and went on down to his tummy.

habsoilers

*Bre*:

I think he'll be ok....the coughing is a good sign, it probably got stopped by the glottis and went on down to his tummy.

Oh, Bre, if your profs get on you for not having your work done, you can just direct them to the Nest where you practice linguistics regularly

To the OP, don't worry. I saw that Oprah as well and it was scary but really isolated. It will probably make you feel better to keep checking on him but I'm sure he's just fine.

*Bre*

lmao. I know right? My profs need to see my daily application of linguistics on here. I perk up every time I see a bilingual baby post

Its hard to not talk about the glottis at this point. My head is so far up the asz of phonetics right now, its not even funny.

crazytmogirl

He'll probably be just fine. My dd went under the water in the bathtub and was only under for a split second before I had her up... but I worried allll night about this very thing!

jgilesslp

Actually, the glottis is the opening the epiglottis is the actual structure that protects your airway   I hated linguistics.  However, I use phonetics now all the time and am so glad I had the class!

 

 

KGsky

That Oprah, always spookin' us new moms (well, relatively speaking).  I think the one thing the mom missed was a severe change in behavior in the kid (he pooped in his clothes).  I don't know exactly how that would manifest in a baby, but I imagine if the baby was happy and splashing one minute then was woozy and disoriented the next, that might be a sign.  I dunno, but I'm sure he's o.k.  Glad to know mine isn't the only one obsessed with drinking bathwater.

femmeftle9

I read an article on MSN about it... probably about the same child. I was paranoid for a while afterwards too. But as PP said, such incidents are not common at all. It's just good to be aware of the signs.