My LO choked tonight :(

mw_sorrel

He's ok...but it was aweful! I was eating bran flakes and gave him a soggy, dime-sized flake. He was chewing and started gagging a little. He is great with finger food and sometimes will gag a little so I wasn't overlt concerned. Then he started coughing...and then his face got bright red and he was no longer coughing/breathing. I grabbed him from his chair and had to do the baby heimlich (sp?). It took a five strikes on his back before he was able to take a breath and then started crying. It was horrible! If you dont know cpr/heimlich PLEASE LEARN!....I don't know if I will ever forget the look on his face 1ht on phone

CGKyle

B has choked too. I have never in my life been that scared before. I'm glad your Lo is alright! Just give him so extra lovin.

Sharon21

That sounds really scary! Glad you knew what to do and LO is alright! 

LynsiBHM

certainly one of the scariest things in the whole world      Glad you're both better now!

smiles1123

so scary!

did u just do back blows or did u try and squeeze him from behind. did u turn him upside down. can you please walk through what you did step by step if you would not mind? this scares me so much. i hate starting the finger foods just because of the risk of choking. 1ht

thanks!

ITGurl0626

smiles1123:

so scary!

did u just do back blows or did u try and squeeze him from behind. did u turn him upside down. can you please walk through what you did step by step if you would not mind? this scares me so much. i hate starting the finger foods just because of the risk of choking. 1ht

thanks!

Go You Tube, they have all kinds of videos for that.

desdemona39

I'm so glad to hear that it all turned out ok!

I've been getting on DH's case to take an infant/child cpr and 1st aid course. That man doesn't know his way around a band-aid, and I'm a nurse.

I have had to use the Heimlich several times on small children, and it is scary. Most recently, I was doing a blood draw on a 3 year old, and the mom was behind me, giving their 9mo old a lollipop (!) when the top of it broke off and lodged in her throat. The baby couldn't even cough, and I turned around and the mom was trying to look into the kids mouth- she had no clue what to do. I opened the door to call for help and I turned that kid upside down and it took 2 rounds of back blows and chest thrusts to dislodge that thing. The best part? The dad was upset about getting blood on his pants when I stopped the blood draw to save his other kid's life.

thebubble09

desdemona39:

I'm so glad to hear that it all turned out ok!

I've been getting on DH's case to take an infant/child cpr and 1st aid course. That man doesn't know his way around a band-aid, and I'm a nurse.

I have had to use the Heimlich several times on small children, and it is scary. Most recently, I was doing a blood draw on a 3 year old, and the mom was behind me, giving their 9mo old a lollipop (!) when the top of it broke off and lodged in her throat. The baby couldn't even cough, and I turned around and the mom was trying to look into the kids mouth- she had no clue what to do. I opened the door to call for help and I turned that kid upside down and it took 2 rounds of back blows and chest thrusts to dislodge that thing. The best part? The dad was upset about getting blood on his pants when I stopped the blood draw to save his other kid's life.

o. m. g. omg there are no words for that story. 

 

OP i'm glad LO is ok!