A few years back, I made my 1st call to poison control when I walked in on Lauren, who had taken her diaper off and had a dirty face, if you know what I mean. Yesterday, I made my 2nd call...
I was sitting on the sofa helping Ellie with her homework, and Erin yapped something at me and wandered upstairs. A few minutes later, I heard water running. Thinking she had turned the tub on, as she likes to do at bathtime, I ran upstairs and headed into the girls' bathroom, where the light was on. Spun right, toward the tub...no Erin. Turned left and there she was: standing on the stool and brushing her teeth with the flouride toothpaste. Lots of it. It was on her shirt, and boy was her breath minty! I looked at the bottle (Colgate Pop Stars) and there was quite a bit missing. I looked at the back of the bottle...something about if more than a normal brushing amount was ingested, contact Poison Control.
Lesson learned...a child would need to ingest about 3/4 of an adult tube of toothpaste for there to be a problem. I was told to give her some milk as she might get an upset stomach. No sign of that...
However, that leads me to a follow-up of the story...
So, this morning, Erin does #2 and tells me she needs a diaper change, as she now likes to be changed immediately when that's in her diaper. So I change her, and let me say...it was a very odd color and consistency -- don't know if that was flouride-related or not. I put a clean diaper on her and send her on her way. She goes downstairs and starts to cry. "My bottom hurts...I need cream..." I'm kinda confused by this, as I had just changed her and saw no irritation. So I confirm with her. "Your bottom hurts? You need cream?" She says yes, so I tell her to lay down and I go to get the cream. I come down, take off her diaper, and there, sticking out of her girl parts, is the plastic "T" that is a result of cutting a tag off of clothing -- the plastic that holds the tags to, in this case, socks. She was fine, once I removed the impaling object. :-) Don't know how that got there.
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