Very close call for Esme
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Topic: Very close call for Esme
Posted By: lisa85
Subject: Very close call for Esme
Date Posted: 08 March 2009 at 9:43pm
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Well I had the wake up call/scare of a lifetime today!
I put the girls down for their afternoon nap and was in the kitchen when I heard these awful gaging noises. I ran to their bedroom and found Esme hunched over in bed with vomit EVERYWHERE and I do mean everywhere. She was gaging and her little face was bright red and her eyes were a flood of tears. I quickly realised she had gotten her baby bangle off and was choking on it!!!! Luckily it was slightly too big to get stuck in her throat but it was stuck in her mouth and hitting her gag reflex. I managed to get it out with no harm done (just a very scared bubba) and she was all smiles for her Mum a few minutes later but man did it give me a scare! I never considered the bangles to be a choking hazard!?!?! They are small enough not to come off easy at all but big enough not to be swallowed.... so I thought. I guess it's a warning to any Mums using baby bangles - Be careful and don't put them to bed with one on. I guess when they're older they'll know better but at this age they put anything and everything in their mouths. I just keep thinking what if I hadn't heard her gaging?!?! things could have been very different. My poor little Miss she's had a rough day 
The worst is Jess is away up North until tomorrow so I was all alone and just totally freaked! -------------  
TTC #3 since Jan 2010 - PCOS MC April 2010 |
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 08 March 2009 at 9:51pm
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Oh god hun so glad she is OK now though! Yep it's amazing what you think they couldn't/wouldn't gag/choke on that they can aye.
Hope your nerves settle down soon 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 08 March 2009 at 9:55pm
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Omgosh hun that is very scary alright. Glad to hear she is ok and that you heard and were able to help her. Glad she was all smiles a few minutes after. Big hugs to you both |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 08 March 2009 at 9:58pm
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oh gosh!! **hugs** hun how scary for you and poor Esme!!! That made my heart jump out my chest thinking of the poor wee girl.
I never thought they would be a choking hazard either, thats very scary!  ------------- |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 12:14am
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Oh that would have been terrible - crazy what things they choke on.
I was alone at home once while mike and paris went out to buy dinner, and ayja was just learning to pull up to standing. I heard her cough from the kitchen and went in to see her standing learning up against the cupboard head tilted forward choking, i picked her up and patted her back so hard and she was freaked out it took ages to get the thing she was choking on out!!!!, and so hard to get out too.... what did she choke on????? a tiny leaf, the size of half a finger (in width and length), very soft and wet, that had come in the bottom of her daddy's shoe that afternoon when he came home from work. she'd found it on the kitchen floor near the door and put it in her mouth. that freaked me out as it was small enough tohave really gotten well wedged and soft enough to have been able to get into places it shouldn't!! when i turned her to see what was in her mouth she was gagging and i could just see the tiny tip of it still visible at the back of her throat, i was there just in time and managed to get it out. Mike got such a lecture when he got home - for no good reason really. leaves on the floor were my enemy for ages after that! ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 1:46am
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That is very scary. ------------- 
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Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 7:45am
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wow how scary!! ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4 
 
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Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 9:21am
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OMG, how scary for you all! I noticed in my latest plunket magazine, they have put out a warning about amber teethinh necklesses being a potential choking hazard also. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 9:29am
omg my heart stop for a second there big hugs if it makes u feel better james almost chocked to death(bule/floopy) on rasins if my mum hadnt been there .i just stood there frozen to the spot whaching my mum save him. soo big hugs hun  ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: floss
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 10:15am
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Oh hugs, that must have been so scary!, ------------- My beautiful big girl Sienna 15.04.06 Double the trouble double the fun Noah & Lola 10/11/07 |
Posted By: emachan
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 10:24am
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scary stuff for you and esme! I'm glad you're both ok! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD#1 Sept 08 DD#2 Oct 09 |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 11:11am
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wow the things they can choke on huh!
We were going to try raisons with Caden soon, but Im not going to now I think we will wait till he is older.------------- |
Posted By: busyissy
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 12:23pm
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Oh the poor wee thing! And poor you!
Dom choked badly on some apple at the same age and I swear my heart didn't stop racing for a week, its so scary. I'm glad she's ok though. |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 12:33pm
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I'm glad she's ok..that's the main reason why E doesn't wear anything ..he's a very put in your mouth bub and I was scared about that happening:(
hugs to you! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 12:40pm
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Glad she's ok. What a fright. We havent had choking issues really but the other day at coffee group one of my biggest fears was realised. I turned to see Tom trying to drink someones tea and tipped the cup all down his front. I panicked and froze. All sorts of thoughts racing through my head...and they were silly " should I put him in the shower? but I dont know where it is, its someone elses house!" "will he need grafts? Is my son going to be disfigured for life?" the other girls were yelling "take his top off!" to which I was thinking "its a bodysuit! how am I goiing to get that off". Eventually I felt his chest and realised the tea was no hotter than his bath....the fact that he wasnt crying, just looking stunned should have told me it was ok.
I was shocked at how useless I became in that situation. I am so annoyed that the cup of tea was there too. I am ultra paranoid about that and wont EVER leave a cup anywhere near him. MIL was leaving them on the floor and it was driving me nuts!! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 1:48pm
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Scary Lisa! I would never have thought of bracelets as a choking hazard either, my gremlins wore them all the time till they were about 10 mths old, initially so we could tell them apart and then so that others could tell them apart. I'm glad Esme is OK! But what a nasty fright!
NZpiper, the same thing happened to Maya when she was a toddler, she pulled my dad's cup of tea down off the bookcase but thankfully it was only tepid as it had been there a while. I was so cross with dad, he has his tea black so it could have been much worse if she had been a few minutes earlier .------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 2:04pm
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My brother is majorly scared from pulling a teapot on him as a toddler, I don't think my mum has ever forgiven my aunt for that one!
Horrible stories but I'm glad Esme and the other wee ones are ok! |
Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 2:42pm
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Aww hugs love! Scary!! I've pmed you on a totally unrelated matter.
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 2:47pm
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Hell! Thats scary. Glad you are all OK
My worst nightmare- chocking, hot drinks & handbags left lying around with medication inside  ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: kriss
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 3:41pm
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Oh hun, what a fright! Glad wee Esme is okay, pretty scary stuff. to you.
ETA I wasn't too keen on the Amber necklaces, so got an anklet made instead. I'll wait til Ashy is big enough that it doesn't slip off before letting her wear it ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: bext1
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 5:26pm
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poor little lady
glad she is OK. Zavier did the same thing the other day with a piece of sellotape and a leaf at the same time!! freaky! ------------- 
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Posted By: KiwiL
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 7:18pm
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Oh, golly. Poor Esme... and poor mummy! Gosh, that would be freaky.
HUGS! |
Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 09 March 2009 at 8:10pm
Yeah it was a BIG shock! Luckily Jess came home today  I just keep playing it over in my head and thinking of all the what ifs.......
Well she's fine now so I guess I'll know better for the future. But thanks to all for the love I certainly needed it yesterday  -------------
TTC #3 since Jan 2010 - PCOS MC April 2010 |
Posted By: Twinboys2b
Date Posted: 10 March 2009 at 12:43pm
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I only just found this post, how very scary - that's my ultimate nightmare. So glad she's O.K. & you were around. I always hang my washing when they're asleep so g-d forbid that happens one day when I'm hanging out the washing. ------------- 3yr old gorgeous ID twin boys. |
Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 10 March 2009 at 2:10pm
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I was about to hang out washing too!!! Thats what really freaks me out I was standing there thinking I should go get the washing down when I heard her -------------
TTC #3 since Jan 2010 - PCOS MC April 2010 |