https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:16:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-to-call-poison-control-re-your-lo#post-4814 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:42:57 +0000 Rock n Roll 4814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never had to with my child, but my mom called once when my brother was a baby and ate some deodorant, and once for my youngest sister when she drank some nail polish remover (which was totally my fault because I left it sitting there while I went to the bathroom- it was only half of a cap sitting there, but I should have known better with a toddler!) Anyway, both times, they said the amounts were so small that it should be fine and just give them lots of water because they caused dehydration. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-to-call-poison-control-re-your-lo#post-4504 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:04:01 +0000 mommacommaphd 4504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't had to call, but I actually try to avoid taking medicine in front of my toddler. She mimics so much that we do, I don't want her to think that she's supposed to put pill-like objects in her mouth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-to-call-poison-control-re-your-lo#post-3931 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:07:33 +0000 holdonforonemoreday 3931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband had to call Poison Control because he drank a Coke with a cigarette butt in it. He was freaking out. They laughed.<br /> Truthfully so did I. LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-to-call-poison-control-re-your-lo#post-3651 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:17:11 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 3651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ya. i think i need to start moving my pill bottles. Mavi loves the sound of pills shaking around in it's container. </p> <p>I've never had to call Poison control but i'm sure thats a scary thing to do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ever-had-to-call-poison-control-re-your-lo#post-3640 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:13:28 +0000 mrbee 3640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I learned this one the hard way: I left out a closed bottle of Extra Strength Excedrin, and Charlie somehow got it open (?!). I had only taken one pill out of 50 and there were 49 left in the bottle (Charlie had put one in his mouth, but spit it out), so I was pretty sure we were ok.</p> <p>Still, I wasn't 100% sure that I had taken that single pill... you know how doubts form when you really think about something over and over? That's exactly what happened here.</p> <p>We ended up calling Poison Control and they said that even if Charlie had ingested a single pill, he was old enough that he would be ok.</p> <p>Let me just say: I no longer ever leave bottles where he can even see them, let alone open them up and take a pill!!</p> <p>Ever had to call Poison Control? Or barring that, have you moved all pills and pill bottles out of reach of your LO? </p>