Before I tell you what happened.... PUT THE POISON CONTROL NUMBER in your cell phone and on your fridge or by your house phone, NOW! I will wait for you... hahahaha!
1800-222-1222
I can laugh now because thankfully everything will be fine!
I just have to let you know HOW fast a 2 year old moves and can get himself into trouble, maybe our situation will help you!
This morning I was getting Travis some Tylenol. He is getting his 2 year molars and has been in pain for about a month with these things! He was warm when he woke up and wouldn't chew so mommy instinct told me teeth and Tylenol!
We buy Travis the Childrens Tylenol Meltaways... they look like sweet tarts, smell and taste great also. Yes, I tasted one!
Anyways, I keep all of Travis medicine in a bread box on the counter... I always have and he can not reach it so it has never been an issue.
This morning I sat him on the counter and pulled out the bottle of tylenol and handed him his 2 that he gets, put the lid back on and put Travis on the floor. I re-opened the bread box to get the thermometer to take his temp just to make sure he was not REALLY running a temperature. I grabbed the thermometer, made sure the batteries were still good and turned to catch Travis.
He was GONE!
Not far though, just in the living room about 10-15 steps away with the TYLENOL BOTTLE.
When I put him on the floor and put the lid on the bottle I put it on the counter. Since Travis is ultra-tall he reched the bottle and took off.
The thing about those bottle is that if you put the lid on without turning it away from the open mark they are NOT babyproof... You have to line up the arrows to open the bottle RIGHT? Well the lid can be popped back on, but MAKE SURE you are not lining the arrows back up.
I am guessing I popped the lid back on and it was still lined up because the kid had the bottle opened and was looking in to get more out.
He could have eaten 6 or more... pretty fast but he is 2, or he could have just put his 2 back in there, I have no clue?!?
I flipped and called Poison Control
1800-222-1222
( this is the number for EVERY state! PUT IT IN YOUR PHONE)
The lady I talked to was wonderfully nice. Very concerned and did NOT make me feel like a stupid bad parent. Even though I felt that way already.
She had me list the MG's and all info on the bottle and I could hear her typing...
I counted the pills left and got the number of what was missing, 18.
Now, I know in less then a minute he could NOT have eaten 18, and I knew I had the bottle for over a month and had given him atleast 4 doses previously.
I was so nervous at this point, thinking I would have to take my son to the ER and get his itty bitty tummy pumped with charcoal. I can not imagine!
She paused for a second and was getting some info and came back on the line to tell me NOT to worry! THANK THE LORD!
That Travis could have eaten the entire bottle and still been under the toxic limit.
So, becasue there were 18 missing we calculated the toxic amount for the 18 missing from the bottle and he could have had all of those and maybe not show one symptom.
I was so releaved!
She told me to get him to drink and eat as much as I could to help with a potential tummy ache, and to not give him anymore tylenol for 24 hours.
(NOT that I would, I am scared of it now!)
Thank the LORD that this was just a wake up call and not a serious issue.
I ended up putting the remainder of the pills and bottle in a perscription bottle that I had for some sort of horse pills cause the bottle is huge. So, now the tylenol is on double lock down.
What did I learn?
** that in a second your child could get himself in a perdiciment that you may need help getting him out of, and though a mother can not moniter every second... they can be extra careful about things (like tylenol) that can potentially harm their babies**
I WILL NEVER TURN MY BACK AFTER MEDS AGAIN!
I have squeezed my baby 100 times since this and it was only about an hour ago.
1800-222-1222
I can laugh now because thankfully everything will be fine!
I just have to let you know HOW fast a 2 year old moves and can get himself into trouble, maybe our situation will help you!
This morning I was getting Travis some Tylenol. He is getting his 2 year molars and has been in pain for about a month with these things! He was warm when he woke up and wouldn't chew so mommy instinct told me teeth and Tylenol!
We buy Travis the Childrens Tylenol Meltaways... they look like sweet tarts, smell and taste great also. Yes, I tasted one!
Anyways, I keep all of Travis medicine in a bread box on the counter... I always have and he can not reach it so it has never been an issue.
This morning I sat him on the counter and pulled out the bottle of tylenol and handed him his 2 that he gets, put the lid back on and put Travis on the floor. I re-opened the bread box to get the thermometer to take his temp just to make sure he was not REALLY running a temperature. I grabbed the thermometer, made sure the batteries were still good and turned to catch Travis.
He was GONE!
Not far though, just in the living room about 10-15 steps away with the TYLENOL BOTTLE.
When I put him on the floor and put the lid on the bottle I put it on the counter. Since Travis is ultra-tall he reched the bottle and took off.
The thing about those bottle is that if you put the lid on without turning it away from the open mark they are NOT babyproof... You have to line up the arrows to open the bottle RIGHT? Well the lid can be popped back on, but MAKE SURE you are not lining the arrows back up.
I am guessing I popped the lid back on and it was still lined up because the kid had the bottle opened and was looking in to get more out.
He could have eaten 6 or more... pretty fast but he is 2, or he could have just put his 2 back in there, I have no clue?!?
I flipped and called Poison Control
1800-222-1222
( this is the number for EVERY state! PUT IT IN YOUR PHONE)
The lady I talked to was wonderfully nice. Very concerned and did NOT make me feel like a stupid bad parent. Even though I felt that way already.
She had me list the MG's and all info on the bottle and I could hear her typing...
I counted the pills left and got the number of what was missing, 18.
Now, I know in less then a minute he could NOT have eaten 18, and I knew I had the bottle for over a month and had given him atleast 4 doses previously.
I was so nervous at this point, thinking I would have to take my son to the ER and get his itty bitty tummy pumped with charcoal. I can not imagine!
She paused for a second and was getting some info and came back on the line to tell me NOT to worry! THANK THE LORD!
That Travis could have eaten the entire bottle and still been under the toxic limit.
So, becasue there were 18 missing we calculated the toxic amount for the 18 missing from the bottle and he could have had all of those and maybe not show one symptom.
I was so releaved!
She told me to get him to drink and eat as much as I could to help with a potential tummy ache, and to not give him anymore tylenol for 24 hours.
(NOT that I would, I am scared of it now!)
Thank the LORD that this was just a wake up call and not a serious issue.
I ended up putting the remainder of the pills and bottle in a perscription bottle that I had for some sort of horse pills cause the bottle is huge. So, now the tylenol is on double lock down.
What did I learn?
** that in a second your child could get himself in a perdiciment that you may need help getting him out of, and though a mother can not moniter every second... they can be extra careful about things (like tylenol) that can potentially harm their babies**
I WILL NEVER TURN MY BACK AFTER MEDS AGAIN!
I have squeezed my baby 100 times since this and it was only about an hour ago.
7 splatters!:
OMG...how scary! So glad that he's okay....and I'm programming the number into my phone right now!
That would have freaked me out b/c I wouldn't know who to call or what to do - I panic in situations like that. Kudo's for keeping a calm head!
I am so happy T is okay..How scary...I;m sorry you had to go through that...Thanks for the ph#.
So glad he is okay.
Eeeeaaak! I am so glad he is okay! Boy Child ate a poisonous plant leaf once and I had to make the same frenzied call. I think they hire angels. It is the only explanation for their demeanors when it comes to us flipped-out crazy mommas on the other end...
So very thankful he is okay Linds!
Yikes! Yep... Jimmy did the same thing w/some tylenol liquid - I too had to use that phone number. It's come in handy on more than a few occasions - I have to say!
Oh my word, how scary!!!!! I'm so glad that everything turned out ok. Thanks the Lord!
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