Thursday, March 5, 2009

Poison Control

So we made our first call to poison control. I'm amazed we haven't had to call sooner. Luckily, none of the boys put stuff in their mouth much. Riley is a different story. That or in my old age I just don't keep up with her as well as I did the boys. I was trying to make dinner (that's a whole different story), Doug was playing Wii, and the boys were bugging me about dinner. Riley was washing her hands. All of our kids have gone through a phase of playing in the sink. As long as they don't make a mess we choose not to make a big deal about it. Well Riley found the hand soap. Doug went to check on her and her chin was soapy and her breath smelled like soap. We weren't sure if she ate any or not. Doug read the back of the soap container and it said "if ingested call poison control". Well we did, after we searched for the number for a few minutes. Apparently with soap the worst thing that can happen is that they get naseous and throw-up. We realized after the call that she porbably didn't swallow any. She did get some in her eyes though and they were very red and puffy. I guess we need to keep a better eye on her. She is keeping me on my toes!

4 comments:

ADenton said...

For us it was baby lotion. Apparently the worst that can happen with that is a bout of loose stools. Good to know! In Memphis, after we had called poison control, they started calling us every few months. They'd say, "You've experienced the excellent benefit of emergency help when you needed it. Will you help us continue this service by making a donation?"

JNew said...

Yikes, scary! We had to call poison control when Frank was about 18 mos and swallowed a vitamin b pill. They said the worst would be flushed skin and lots of urinating.

Amy said...

For the record, Tums apparently can be eaten in large numbers with little or no side effects as well. We've tested it on two of ours. (unintentionally)

Richelle said...

Crazy scary. I've only witnessed others kids swallowing things & scared parents making that call. Always best to be safe and call poison control.