First ever call to poison control today :/
DH and DS were watching cartoons together in our room so I decided to take a shower that I didn't have to rush through. I'm almost done and I hear yelling... Umm WTF? I turn the water off and DS comes in crying. Apparently DH ran downstairs for "just a second" to refill his coffee and caught DS chewing on some Tums when he came back up. DH has a bad stomach and keeps them on his nightstand, never an issue before. DS refuses to tell us how many he ate, so we made the call because I was ready to take him to the er in my bathrobe.
Poison control said to give him a lot of water and not allow him any more milk or calcium rich anything. That he would be just fine as long as he didn't eat upwards of 20 (which for sure didn't happen), because that would cause serious vomiting. DS is a ok and I'm a little pissed at DH, but I can understand that accidents happen. Uggh what a day.
Re: First ever call to poison control today :/
He was fine from both instances. It happens, no worries Mama!!
I felt like the worst parent when I had to call. J put the diaper cream tube in his mouth and bit down until there was zinc oxide in his mouth. I caught him mid bite.
The guy was like, ok, calm down. Wash his mouth out and he's going to be fine... but I was scarred for life.
Good job in making it to 4!
My SO had to call when my DD was 2 because she was drinking toilet water and I had a cleaning tablet thing in the tank. It was no big deal.
I had to call when DD was around 3 because she ate half a tube of tooth paste. That required eating yogurt but all was still fine.
Poison control is awesome. I never gave them a second thought before having kids and certainly never thought I would need them. I keep their number on my fridge at all times now.
Family Story:
When my uncle was a toddler, he ate an entire bottle of garlic pills. My grandmother freaked when she found him and called the doctor right away who said that he'd be fine, just smelly. Apparently, my uncle reeked like he was warding off legions of vampires for an entire week.
Kids ingesting strange things in odd quantities is a story throughout the ages.
Im glad your DS is ok!
I usually changed ds on the bed and one time i stepped like 2feet away to grab more diaper cream since the tube i had was empty, when i turned around, DS had the empty tube in his mouth! He was fine, but it was hard to forgive myself for not watching him close enough.
And my BIL once ate half a bottle of iron pills and survived...dont know the full story on that tho
Aw, don't feel too badly. I think that every parent makes at least one poison control call.
Ours was when DD was about 6 months old and managed to get the band-aid from her vaccination off of her leg and ate it on the way home from her doctor's appointment. We were worried that the adhesive might make her sick. The poison control guy was awesome and told us not to worry, and that the band-aid would make its way out, one way or another. Not even 20 minutes later, she spit up the band-aid. LOL
my angel babies: 6/10 (chem. pg), 9/10 @ 10 weeks
I had to call them many times with my DS (hyperactive child, overworked single mother). I had locks on the cabinets and that kid would still find ways to get into things.
Lets see, what was the list?
He drank rubbing alcohol
He ate my sisters Midol
He ate an aloe plant
He ate three roses (actually, did you know you can put roses in salads? totally edible...of course I didn't know that at the time)
He got into the benedryl (slept great...)
He ate moth balls at my grandmothers house
He ate a significant amount of toilet paper. (constipating, but not terrible)
I know it sounds like I was a terrible, neglectful mother, but the fact is, l wasn't. He was just really good at getting into things, and I had several family members who didn't realize it. I swear, I didn't even get to go to the bathroom alone until that child was 5. And even then it always seemed like a huge risk.
Ah, it's a terrifying feeling... but it's always better to call than just assume he'll be okay.
I had to call twice- once DS swiped the benedryl bottle while I was rinsing out the cup I had just used to dose him. Idk how much he drank, but he was only around 18 months, and I freaked. The second time he was over 2, and for some unknown reason he decided to drink cascade that I had just gotten out to put in the dishwasher. Both times I was right next to him, and literally it took less than a minute for him to grab the item and drink it. And both times he was completely okay (thank God!).
My kid ate one of step-MIL's Ambien pills off her night stand... at least we think it was just one. She got sleepy, but was fine otherwise. She was 19 months old.
I called also when she was stung by a wasp (it was on the ground dying amongst her toys and she put her hand on it), because I wasn't sure what kind of reaction to look for. She was 18 months then.