I just got off the phone with poison control about half an hour ago. I've been a parent of curious kids for 7 years now but as usual I have the Jack-factor. This morning I had given him a dose of acetaminophen and his Tamiflu to get him back on track. He's been feeling better but still not well. Then he went off to play with Kate and Kale and I went to go blow dry my hair.
When I came back out I found Jack had done the pull-the-chair-to-the-counter thing and was standing there with his bottle of acetaminophen playing with the cap. And yes he had gotten it off. I asked him if he had drank any and tried not to panic. He said yes {like I can really base everything off the word of my 2 yr old}.
I called the pediatrician who told me to call poison control {duh! why didn't I just do that first? sometimes you just don't think all the way through....}. The lady at poison control was very nice and after asking me a bunch of questions and measuring the remainder of the bottle we determined that he'd only somehow drank 2 tsp more than the 1 had just given him and that based on his weight he did not overdose to a point to be poisonous. He can't have anymore for 24 hrs but I don't have to take him to the ER. What a nice morning jolt to my adrenaline. Who needs coffee? I got Jack!
So he's fine. Everyone's fine. Kale and Kate are oblivious to anything that happened and I'm ready to blog!
I was actually going to tell you about a funny conversation that happened yesterday afternoon. I found a bunch of short documentaries and IMAX movies on Netflix so I saved some to watch. The kids found one called Beavers - The Best Dam Movie You'll Ever See {seriously that was the title of the movie, I promise!}. Hilarious and thankfully over their heads.
I told them that beavers were really fascinating and how they take down trees and build dams is truly amazing. So we watched it. About 2/3 through they showed a *ahem* mating scene. And let me tell you, I was quite uncomfortable watching these 2 beavers making woopie! They played romantic music in the background and the beavers were making very loud noises. Seriously I sat wide eyed staring at my children for their reaction.
Kale asked what they were doing. I didn't quite know how to respond so I was quiet as I was contemplating my answer. Then he said "They must be dancing". Sure! I said. Let's just stay with dancing for now. I'm not interested in using these beavers to explain how baby beavers are made....
So they keep showing this - it seemed to go on forever! - then they panned to a porcupine. He looked like he was watching {I so do not understand the minds behind the people filming}. After Kale noticed that the creature was a porcupine he said very matter of factly "He must be the judge of their dancing."
Yeah okay. Oh dear....
Last night after the kids were in bed I showed Mark this part of the documentary and told him the story. We were rolling! I think Mark was very thankful that he wasn't there when the kids watched it :)
When I came back out I found Jack had done the pull-the-chair-to-the-counter thing and was standing there with his bottle of acetaminophen playing with the cap. And yes he had gotten it off. I asked him if he had drank any and tried not to panic. He said yes {like I can really base everything off the word of my 2 yr old}.
I called the pediatrician who told me to call poison control {duh! why didn't I just do that first? sometimes you just don't think all the way through....}. The lady at poison control was very nice and after asking me a bunch of questions and measuring the remainder of the bottle we determined that he'd only somehow drank 2 tsp more than the 1 had just given him and that based on his weight he did not overdose to a point to be poisonous. He can't have anymore for 24 hrs but I don't have to take him to the ER. What a nice morning jolt to my adrenaline. Who needs coffee? I got Jack!
So he's fine. Everyone's fine. Kale and Kate are oblivious to anything that happened and I'm ready to blog!
I was actually going to tell you about a funny conversation that happened yesterday afternoon. I found a bunch of short documentaries and IMAX movies on Netflix so I saved some to watch. The kids found one called Beavers - The Best Dam Movie You'll Ever See {seriously that was the title of the movie, I promise!}. Hilarious and thankfully over their heads.
I told them that beavers were really fascinating and how they take down trees and build dams is truly amazing. So we watched it. About 2/3 through they showed a *ahem* mating scene. And let me tell you, I was quite uncomfortable watching these 2 beavers making woopie! They played romantic music in the background and the beavers were making very loud noises. Seriously I sat wide eyed staring at my children for their reaction.
Kale asked what they were doing. I didn't quite know how to respond so I was quiet as I was contemplating my answer. Then he said "They must be dancing". Sure! I said. Let's just stay with dancing for now. I'm not interested in using these beavers to explain how baby beavers are made....
So they keep showing this - it seemed to go on forever! - then they panned to a porcupine. He looked like he was watching {I so do not understand the minds behind the people filming}. After Kale noticed that the creature was a porcupine he said very matter of factly "He must be the judge of their dancing."
Yeah okay. Oh dear....
Last night after the kids were in bed I showed Mark this part of the documentary and told him the story. We were rolling! I think Mark was very thankful that he wasn't there when the kids watched it :)
