The other day, I experienced what you would call a moms worst nightmare. My son got into my Victoria Secret body spray and sprayed some in his mouth. He came to me screaming, gagging and I was in FEAR. I grabbed the bottle and it had no instructions for if the stuff was ingested. I smelled the inside of his mouth and it smelled strongly of Love Spell. I think my son thought the bottle was some sort of candy, it smelled sweet and had a spray bottle just like those spray bottles of candy.
I was in an EXTREME PANIC and the anxiety of overwhelming. In the first few seconds or maybe first minute, I didn’t honestly know what to do. I yelled for my husband who came in panicking as well. The only thing I knew to do was call 911. I have had nightmares of calling 911 and them putting me on hold, thankfully this did not happen. The 911 operator was very polite and got me on the phone with the poison control in seconds. As I was talking to the poison control people on the line, the firetruck and ambulance arrived.
Luckily my son did not ingest enough to cause much harm, but it was a total SCARE. I think he was just afraid of all the men in uniform that rushed into my house and forgot about the yucky taste in his mouth. They techs were nice and gave both my son and his sister Hannah a plastic fireman hat and stickers.
I now have the Poison Control Number handy if this should ever happen again. I have four children and have never had them swallow anything poisonous. I remember my mom always having that poison control number on the fridge, now I know why.
My son is doing just fine now. It was a scare and definitely something I NEVER want to happen again. From what I was told by poison control, this type of call is common (but not for me). I will keep their number handy, but pray that I will never have to use it!
how scary! glad to hear he’s okay. the 1st time i had to call 911 was years ago, when my little brother got hit on the head w/a bat and his head had a huge gash. at that time, i DID have to wait a loooong time for help! I was put on hold for what seemed like forever.
As a mom, I’ve had to call 911 twice because of my son who has breath holding spells/seizures. Fortunately both times we were assisted right away.
Always scary…
Yes, very scary. I can definitely see that raising a boy is different than girls too! My son does things my daughters would never had thought of. I think I am glad that he was my last child and not my first.
Oh no, how scary! I’m so glad to hear he is okay.
Oh no!! I cannot imagine how terrifyed you must have been!!
I had to call 911 once when my oldest daughter was nine months old. Scariest day of my life. Last year I had to call poison control for my youngest. She got ahold of an ant trap and was sucking away on it like she did all of her toys. Turns out it’s their number one call, ant traps. Turns out, it’s made up of like 99% peanut butter and powdered sugar, and as the operator said “Even if they opened it up and licked it clean, it wouldn’t harm them.” Crazy!
I am SO glad your son is alright!!!
I can only imagine what you were going through when you seen your daughter sucking on an ant trap. I would have FREAKED out. Now I know they are not dangerous (thank goodness)..