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Weird Baby Emergencies
When you daydreamed about being a mom, you probably conjured up reveries of snuggling with your little one before bedtime, giggling together in the bath, and making goo-goo faces as you pushed the stroller around town. Prying Barbie stilettos out of teeny nostrils or checking that the pennies he ingested came out the other end -- not so much. But this ridiculous kind of stuff actually happens quite often.
"Young children are constantly exploring," says Joseph Wright, M.D., professor of pediatrics, emergency medicine, and health policy at George Washington University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, in Washington, D.C. "They're curious about their body and everything around them, so whatever they can reach is fair game for investigation."
Most of the time, these bizarre predicaments work out just fine, leaving you with nothing more than a funny story to embarrass your child with when she's grown. But there can be serious consequences, which is why we created this guide to oddball baby emergencies. Enjoy a chuckle (our tales all had a happy ending), but remember our advice so you'll know what to do if a similar hitch happens to you.
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my son is only 3 months old so i havnt experienced anything to crazy quite yet, although the very first time i changes his diaper he did decide it was time to pee and peed all over himself and into his mouth and eyes! my best friend was with me, we just died laughing!
4/25/2012 06:17:23 PM Report AbuseRecently my husband was home with our daughters (age 1 and 3)along with his mother. I was gone for the day. My husband went to take the trash out that morning, and he saw his mother leave driving down the drive way. When he got back to the house; both garage doors were locked shut; including all the other doors and windows of the house. He panicked. He ran to his neighbor's house to ask him to call for help. THe neighbor called 911.
4/24/2012 09:58:48 PM Report Abuse1) When I was 3; I got locked in the Greyhound bus bathroom while we were enroute to another state...TWICE! I was pounding on the door screaming and crying out for my mom. The driver had to pull the bus over. Guess what he used to adjar the door open? A wooden spoon! Yes; it broke while he attempted. However, it worked!
4/24/2012 09:52:19 PM Report AbuseI stuck a popcorn kernel up my nose when I was 2. It was not fun.
4/24/2012 10:22:14 AM Report AbuseWhen my daughter was 2 (in 1992) she locked herself in her bedroom and i had to call the fire department to get her out. This was a old house with the skeleton keys. I didn't realize there was a key in her door. There were not any in all the others.
4/23/2012 05:48:38 PM Report AbuseOK actually im only a teen but I find these articles very funny so im just sitting here rofl :]
1/13/2012 10:23:27 AM Report Abuseyup, same here, can't get past page one. I found a long hair wrapped around my son's peepee(at 14 months, he's almost 17months now) after a bath once but fortunately it wasn't horribly tight. I was able to unwrap it. I have very long hair and I nearly cut it all off after that incident. The doctor said that might be a bit overboard. Just keep an eye out for things like that happening on his toes and fingers also.
1/16/2011 10:20:58 AM Report AbuseMy daughter is one today! But sadly on the third she had a seizure due to her temperature rising too quickly. Apparently it happens often! I wish I wouldn't known! It was the worst and scariest experience of my life:(
1/5/2011 01:26:28 AM Report Abusemy son had several things stuck up his nose. One example..... an earring..... another.....half of a colorful bandaid. and on the last occasion, he actually put a small yellow bead in his ear and almost had to have surgery to get it out. luckily the doctor was able to get it out using a syring of water to flush it out.
1/4/2011 04:47:00 AM Report AbuseMine won't either
1/3/2011 09:18:09 PM Report AbuseCan't get past page 1!
1/3/2011 06:20:28 PM Report AbuseGuess in my case I should have taken this email as an omen. We just got back from the doctors office because my 16 month old got a plastic bead stuck on his tooth, he bit down right on the center and his tooth was in the hole.
1/3/2011 05:30:09 PM Report AbuseSame here. Can't get past page one! This is not the first time. I'm using an iPod. Thanks for sharing stories!
1/3/2011 04:09:20 PM Report AbuseWe rushed our son to urgent care because of a long "hair" wrapped around his toe so tightly it was cutting off the circulation. Later I looked it up and there is a name for it: Toe turniquette syndrome.
1/3/2011 02:38:59 PM Report AbuseBummed it's not letting me go past page one too :( my little sister got her eye shut closed by bubble gum once , from eye to eyebrow it was so funny. She thought she could store it there for later !
1/3/2011 01:57:17 PM Report AbuseSame thing is happened to me...I hope they fix it I like reading these articles
1/3/2011 11:40:29 AM Report AbuseMy little brother put a black jelly bean up his nose on Easter when we were vacationing in Florida (about 20 years ago... and we still talk about it to the day!)
1/3/2011 11:13:54 AM Report AbuseThe article still won't load :o(
1/3/2011 10:50:37 AM Report AbuseI had the same issue, would love to read more but can't move past page one :(
1/3/2011 10:39:39 AM Report AbuseHappens to me too!
1/3/2011 10:39:00 AM Report AbuseHappens to me too!
1/3/2011 10:38:25 AM Report Abusemy son put a purple light bright up his nose and was disappointed when the Dr. pulled it out that it hadn't turned green and slimy :)
1/3/2011 10:21:40 AM Report AbuseThis article won't work it just keeps loading the first page over and over :((
12/27/2010 06:11:54 PM Report Abuse