My first call to poison control...

[triana1326]

Wow...why do I get the feeling this will be the first of many? DD and I were outside doing some gardening and I got distracted with raking. I look back and DD's got a couple holly berries in her mouth. I ran over, just to have her swallow them before I got there. I called poison control, who said to give her milk and watch for vomiting and diaherra, but that it takes more than 4-5 berries to make a fatal dose.

Needless to say, the holly bush (planted by the former owners of our house) will be leaving tomorrow. DH dug it up about ten minutes ago. I'll be going through the rest of the plants the former owners planted to make sure there are no more "surprises" in our backyard, esp. since we're planting a lot of edible plants and herbs and want our kids to free able to pick and eat from the landscape.

So a word of warning - get rid of plants in your yard that could be poisonous - esp. that damn holly bush!!

[RosemaryS-F]

Oh man, when ds was that age, we were visiting inlaws in CA and he ate a mushroom. That was terrifying, since a man had died that same week of a mis-identified mushroom. EESH. Hugs! They called the hospital, had me take the mushroom with me, and admitted us immediately. Interestingly, the doctor on call was also a hobbyist in mushrooms, and determined that I had a gourmand in my son--it was an edible! I was known throughout the ER as "mother of mushroom baby." Poison control did a follow up call that evening to make sure we were ok, and went over a list on the phone while I was online with them, looking at the probable variety. I was totally impressed. They were incredible.
That said, yeah, your babe will be ok, but it's sure scary.

[RosemaryS-F]

I forgot to add, when my sister was a baby she drank my mom's douche. Minty douche. She went up to my mom and breathed on her saying, "Douche water, mommy, douche water". My mom called poison control. They laughed.

[elmh23]

My son ate part of his sisters science kit when he was newly 2. That was fun because the thing he ate had like 6 syllables and was a PITA to spell out to the guy. Later that week I had to call for something else, but I can't remember what now.

Amazingly, I haven't had to call since, but I also got really good at hiding things from him (though he keeps getting smarter in his ways of destruction, so we'll see what the next year brings!)

[babydanielsmom]

I just made that exact same phone call to poison control last week. Must be a toddler rite of passage thing

[leighi123]

I called when ds was 8months old and ate elmers glue! He was fine. (but a big sticky mess!)

[EviesMom]

sunscreen stick and bath crayons were the choices here. Neither dangerous thankfully!

[frontierpsych]

our first poison control call was a few months ago, when DS somehow got his hands on some scalp anti-itch stuff and drank like half the bottle. Luckily he was just fine. It is scary though, and I'm sure most parents would have called poison control a few other times (he got into a lady at our real estate office's purse and opened her child-proof advil container and stuck a few in his mouth, and has tried to eat my husband's deodorant on multiple occasions). I am sure we have at least a few more calls in our future, but thanks for the tip! We are trying to be more careful!

[triana1326]

Sometimes it can be really scary, but I'm sorry to say that the douche story had me laughing hysterically. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who feels like having poison control on speed dial from now on. DD loves tasting things - one of her favorites right now is lotion. But she also eats medium salsa from the jar, rhubarb straight from the garden (no sugar or anything), and grapefruit again, no sugar added. She apparently just loves wierd flavors - last week she was eating barberries, which are more tart and bitter than cranberries, but luckily not toxic at all. Even the birds won't touch our barberries...ah, my beautiful, unique child....

[RosemaryS-F]

Originally Posted by triana1326

Sometimes it can be really scary, but I'm sorry to say that the douche story had me laughing hysterically. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who feels like having poison control on speed dial from now on. DD loves tasting things - one of her favorites right now is lotion. But she also eats medium salsa from the jar, rhubarb straight from the garden (no sugar or anything), and grapefruit again, no sugar added. She apparently just loves wierd flavors - last week she was eating barberries, which are more tart and bitter than cranberries, but luckily not toxic at all. Even the birds won't touch our barberries...ah, my beautiful, unique child....

Don't be sorry! The douche story is family lore of the most hilarious variety. I told it to make you laugh.

[keyley1090]

About 2 years ago my DS, now 4, decided to eat his big sister's deodorant. Oh boy, we flipped out! He was vomiting and when we called poison control they said it was good, he was getting it out of his system. Of course we called 911 and went to the hospital. They just kept him hydrated while he vomited and sent us home the next day. Was not fun!

[Katie T]

I have had to call poison control twice, once for my first born when she ate a roll of rolaids at a friends house. Luckily that is ok to do lol.

The second time was for my middle child when he opened the bottle of childrens Tylenol and drank some. I was nursing the baby and thought he was being quiet in the kitchen but when I checked on him he had somehow gotten the lid off. He didn't drink much, maybe 2 doses. They said it was fine but not to give him any for a set amount of time.

I felt like a horrid mom, I normally keep all meds locked up, but the baby had needed the Tylenol and so I stuck it in the cabinet and figured when I had a spare second I would lock it back up. And hey is had a child proof cap right.

I will never be so careless again, it was way to scary.

[blizzard_babe]

Originally Posted by triana1326

But she also eats medium salsa from the jar, rhubarb straight from the garden (no sugar or anything), and grapefruit again, no sugar added.

This is totally DS! Went absolutely nuts for grapefruit, chows down on chips and salsa with me (DH finds it too spicy ).

Luckily, he's not a "mouther" in general, so if it doesn't LOOK like food, he won't eat it. All the berries to be found up here are edible, so that's good. We'll have to keep a closer eye on his foragings when we're in the Lower 48 this summer, though.

[Bea]

Originally Posted by triana1326

Sometimes it can be really scary, but I'm sorry to say that the douche story had me laughing hysterically. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who feels like having poison control on speed dial from now on. DD loves tasting things - one of her favorites right now is lotion. But she also eats medium salsa from the jar, rhubarb straight from the garden (no sugar or anything), and grapefruit again, no sugar added. She apparently just loves wierd flavors - last week she was eating barberries, which are more tart and bitter than cranberries, but luckily not toxic at all. Even the birds won't touch our barberries...ah, my beautiful, unique child....

Just a FYI while you're ridding the garden of toxic plants, rhubarb leaves are pretty toxic (as are potato and tomato plants to name a few) and many, many of your ornamentals

Google toxic plants, you might find you'll end up with nothing but grass out back

While I understand the worry the world (and your yard) is full of poisonous plants. I personally wouldn't get rid of anything but start instilling a strict "you can only put it in your mouth if Mommy/Daddy says it OK". We explained to my son in our most serious tone that these things would give his tummy "very, very bad boo boos" . Repeat over and over. He actually got it pretty much right away though.

I'm glad she's not suffered any ill effects.

[kcstar]

Originally Posted by Bea

Google toxic plants, you might find you'll end up with nothing but grass out back

Actually, there are also a lot of edible flowers out there.

I Google everything I plant in my yard. Or better yet, check here:
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/ento/plant.htm

t all depends on the level of risk and level of training you're willing to make. I grow tomatoes and Iris, but I won't plant my foxglove seeds.