The last three 2-year-old’s I’ve seen have:
-swallowed half a bottle of fish bowl cleaner
-swallowed two tacks
-knocked the lid off a toilet, then walked over the porcelain shards gashing their foot
They also don’t like to say “ah.”
October 8, 2008
October 8, 2008 at 12:13 am
Oh, wow.
…I think cats are enough for me, right now.
October 8, 2008 at 8:25 am
terrible parents
October 8, 2008 at 8:48 am
Oy vay. They also don’t like their TM’s examined.
October 8, 2008 at 9:41 am
FISHBOWL cleaner?! You’d think that would taste horrible! Why on earth would the kid chug half a bottle?
October 8, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Oh god I have been in peds ED all month and yeah if only they opened their mouths and didn’t move during ear exams …
October 8, 2008 at 2:35 pm
*Hides her 2-year-old* I hope both of us survive this next year.
October 8, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Let us not forget those who swallow nickels and put gummy bears up their nose.
Gummy bears and Jelly Bellies do NOT do well in a warm, moist environment. Better it be a Lego.
Legos don’t melt. : )
October 9, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Hey! I had a kid swallow fish bowl cleaner a couple of months ago!
October 10, 2008 at 2:45 pm
happy 10-10 day
October 11, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Awesome blog. A friend of mine from long ago was an ER doc, and I used to pester him for stories all the time. Now I get to pester you: Keep ‘em coming.
October 11, 2008 at 6:41 pm
kids are so dumb.
October 12, 2008 at 6:48 am
The whole “tastes nasty” thing doesn’t work well with kids, I’ve seen kids who’ve chugged bleach and white spirit.
October 18, 2008 at 4:39 am
That is only part of what is terrible about the presentation of two year olds. They can’t even reliably tell you what is bothering them. It is like a game of charades.
November 5, 2008 at 12:00 pm
What exactly is “fishbowl cleaner”? As a keeper of tropical fish and invertebrates daily since 2005, I have never heard of “fishbowl cleaner”. You should never, ever put soap or any other chemicals in the bowl to cleanit. Use a vinegar solution for stubborn calcifications.
Did you mean “fish water dechlorinator”? That’s the stuff that removes chlorine from the water to make it fish safe.
November 5, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Yes, I stand corrected.
November 22, 2008 at 2:09 am
So what do you do then? Give the kid some Clorox to balance it out?