I Swear My Heart Stopped For A Second!

[AnnaNova]

so i was sorting stuff out for our upcoming garage sale in our garage, my son - 19 mo - was running around in and out of the garage, to the front yard, just playing with all the junk and 'helping'.
so as i sort through, i hear MAMA behind me
me: (not looking) mmmmm
him: MAMA (in calm voice, not screaming or anything)
me: (not looking) what's up son?
him: MAMA
i turn around and see his arm stretched out like he wants to give me sth, i look and there, pinched in between his little fingers is a BLACK WIDOW
OMG!!! i slapped his hand and it fell on the floor and i stepped on it. i was sooooo freaked out, panicked, scared, you name it! started looking all over his arms and legs and fortunately, FORTUNATELY didnt see any marks or bites.
i googled the black widow bite and i probably would have known by now if it actually bit him with symptoms lie 'ulcer at the site', 'tremor', 'fever', 'partial paralysis of legs' brrrrrrrrrrrr...
the other day he did the same thing with a stink bug, OMG toddlers!

[~Charlie's~Angel~]

I prolly wouldnt know a black widow if it, well, jumped up and bit me.

[AFWife]

Originally Posted by Barbie64g

I prolly wouldnt know a black widow if it, well, jumped up and bit me.

Me either!

Thankfully I freak out with all bugs...so we're covered!

[AnnaNova]

i ddnt know what it looked like till a few weeks ago and it was just mentioned in a conversation in passing... big, black, red hourglass pattern on back... either way, it was a big black spider so even if i hadnt known...

[Super~Single~Mama]

Well, I think you just got your first gray hair (or hundredth, if your ds is anything like mine ). My uncle told me that having children makes you age, and if we didn't have children we'd be young forever. I think I believe him.

[ellemenope]

Seriously, I feel like throwing up right now. I have severe arachnophobia. I once saw a tiny tiny spider crawling in DD's infant car seat. I freaked out at the checkout line.

I am so happy everything is OK.

[carmel23]

Not to freak folks out, but we used to have tons of them in our garden shed. They seemed to keep to themselves.

[Italiamom]

Originally Posted by thyra

my uncle told me that having children makes you age, and if we didn't have children we'd be young forever. I think i believe him.

Love it

[AnnaNova]

Originally Posted by carmel23

Not to freak folks out, but we used to have tons of them in our garden shed. They seemed to keep to themselves.

well, im sure they dont go around just attacking people, but something tells he wasnt very happy to be treated like that... i dread a trip to the er ...

[St. Margaret]

UGH my mom has taught me well about black widows-- like, always use gloves when handling something with nooks and crannies outside, always assume there will be one in some little covered corner... better safe than sorry. She's tough, though, she'll just slap them dead with her gloved hand. Then you KNOW they're dead, she says.

We had one living right outside our house for a season, UGH, we could NOT get that sucker. She was tucked under this little overhang near the ground, so way to slap with anything. But we've successfuly navigated a few others that found little homes. I HATE that the umbrella stand I bought has holes in the base... I'm thinking of spraying it or something, regularly, then washing it out well... DD loves to walk on it, going in circles around the the pole. All I can think is it's just wear black widows would love to live! Dh thinks it's too open so we shouldn't worry.

Black widow webs are REALLY strong, like, you can HEAR them rip if you brush one away. So that's another way to tell.

Your poor heart, mama! You did a good job, though!

[broodymama]

Oooh, that sends chills down my spine just thinking about it!

[April Dawn]

OMG, that is so, so scary. My DS is 16 months and I can absolutely see him picking up a spider that he saw. I am so glad your son seems to be ok and he managed to avoid a bite!